Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said: "Don't say that I'm greedy for money, compare goods, this method is very important, more important than what I just told you, you can't buy it with a penny." ”

Zhu Yaohe smiled, cut two more copper coins and handed them to him: "Give so much first, and when your method is really effective in the future, I will make it up to you, and I will never break my promise!" ”

"Okay, I believe you, uncle. Before we talk about this question, let's talk about moth-eaten. The problem of insect moths will be related to the problem just mentioned. ――Do you know where insects like to eat herbs the most? ”

Zhu Medicine Cabinet shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm not a bug, how do I know, anyway, as soon as the sack is untied, many of the medicinal materials in it are bitten and destroyed." ”

"Hehe, these have to be observed, these small details also involve the problem of insect control. Tell you, insects like to eat in overlapping gaps, cracks, and debris of medicinal herbs! The skin and internal organs of animals are also the easiest to eat. The insect-eaten herbs will not only reduce their weight, but also change the quality of the remaining parts, because the insects will secrete some harmful substances, resulting in the deterioration of the herbs, which will affect the efficacy from the doctor's point of view, and some are harmful to the body. ”

Zhu Medicine Cabinet praised: "You are so right, these bitten medicinal herbs are not bought by others at all, so they have to be thrown away in piles and piles, alas, they can simply make people angry!" - You say, "Why does this herb grow worms?" ”

"There are many reasons for this, when many medicinal materials are harvested, all kinds of insects and insect eggs are brought in the field and in the field, and appropriate methods must be used to kill the insect eggs when processing, and if the processing method is not appropriate, these insects cannot be killed. In addition, the area around the warehouse is unhygienic and overgrown with weeds, and pests may accumulate in it, and they will fly into the warehouse in the early spring, causing breeding damage. There are many medicinal materials that are particularly prone to insects, such as banxia, ginseng, deer antler, centipede, wolfberry, etc., and special attention must be paid to insect prevention. ――Do you know how to prevent insects? ”

This time, Zhu Yao first cut off a bunch of money and handed it to Zuo Shaoyang, and then said, "Please give me advice." ”

"There are many ways to prevent insects, but let's just say two things. For example, the confrontation with the same storage method. That is, two or more drugs that can inhibit each other and drugs with a special smell are stored together so that they can restrain each other. For example, the snake and garlic cloves are stored together, the whole scorpion is stored with peppercorns, the borax is stored with mung beans, and so on. There is also a trick to tell you that liquor has a good effect on insect control, such as some animal drugs that are easy to grow insects, such as white flower snakes, nine spice insects, as well as oily medicinal materials such as cypress kernels, walnut kernels, and sugary medicinal materials, such as wolfberry, astragalus, jujube, etc., can be sprayed with old white dry liquor, and then sealed and stored, which can achieve the effect of moth-proof and mildew-proof. This method is also suitable for the preservation of valuable medicinal materials such as ginseng. ”

Zhu medicine cabinet struggled to memorize, but Zuo Shaoyang said it relatively quickly, and many things were unheard of by him, and there were so many medicinal materials involved that he could remember anywhere.

Zuo Shaoyang gushed and said: "There is another very important precaution for insect prevention, that is, insect prevention should be used together with the six silver to prevent external evils. To put it simply, it is sealed storage. That is, containers such as jars, jars, cans, bottles, and boxes are used for storage. Put the herbs inside to isolate them from external evil spirits and insect pests. Of course, it is necessary to carry out insecticidal treatment beforehand, and eggs and larvae cannot be brought in. No matter how good the seal is, it doesn't work. The inside and outside of the sealed container should be moisture-absorbing and moisture-proof with charcoal, quicklime, etc. The methods I mentioned are suitable for more expensive medicinal materials, such as ginseng or something. For example, the amount of medicinal materials in your medicine store is very large, and it is too laborious and expensive to use such a method, so you have to use the warehouse sealing method, - do you know how to seal the warehouse? ”

Zhu Medicine Cabinet shook his head with a wry smile.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "This is very complicated, it must be adapted to local conditions, and you can't talk about it." - Okay, I've told you pretty much everything I know about how to preserve medicinal herbs. If there's anything unclear you can ask me. ”

Zhu medicine cabinet head has become a mess, although he has been engaged in the medicinal materials business for decades, but the storage of medicinal materials has not been systematically learned, and some of the experience he knows is also very superficial, after listening to what Zuo Shaoyang said, although I don't know if it is effective, but listening to him is the truth, it doesn't seem like he is lying and deceiving people, it sounds quite reasonable, after thinking about it, Suo surnamed pushed all the remaining hundreds of copper coins in front of him in front of Zuo Shaoyang: "Oh, these are all for you!" ”

"Uncle, ...... this?"

"You just said too much, I can't remember it when I'm old, you see if this will work," Zhu Yao opened his money bag, took out a small ingot of silver and put it in front of Zuo Shaoyang: "This is one or two silver, plus a thousand copper coins just now, please come to our Hengchang Pharmacy, give us specific instructions on how to store medicinal materials, and help us build a warehouse of the kind you said." Teach me how to use the method you just said to store medicinal herbs, if this warehouse is really effective. I'll expand and build again. Of course, if it turns out that what you said is indeed effective, I will thank you again, I am a businessman, and I know the value of your idea. Don't worry, I can't treat you badly! ”

Zuo Shaoyang was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Thank you, uncle!" I will do my best to help you store the herbs. We strive to minimize the loss of medicinal materials. Hey hey"

"That's good! Without further ado, let's go to the medicine store! How is it? ”

"Okay! I'll go back to the pharmacy first, and I'll be right away. ”

"Then I'll wait for you at the medicine store!" Zhu Medicine Cabinet stood up with his hands on his knees, although he was still able to get up with his strength, but it looked much easier than last time.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "The old man promised to give me an advance of one or two or five dollars of silver for the processing fee, can you give it to me now?" ”

"Okay." Zuo Shaoyang agreed to help him build a storage warehouse for medicinal materials, wished the medicine cabinet a very happy time, agreed very happily, took out the money bag, counted one or two or five coins of silver and handed it to Zuo Shaoyang, and then walked out.

Walking to the door, Zhu Yaoyou stopped, turned around and glanced at Zuo Shaoyang. After thinking about it, he said, "Well......, the old man finally added, - if you need money in a hurry, I mean if, you can consider selling me the recipe you used to concoct the herbs of aconitum before, and I will bid 10,000 Wen!" However, after you sell out the prescription to me, you can't wholesale it or sell it to others except for your own medicine and retail. You can think about it. ”

Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself that these herbs were all very important medicinal herb preparation methods, and the value of them was definitely more than 10,000 yuan, that is, the price of ten taels of silver. Although I don't want to become a medicinal herb merchant in the future to engage in the processing and sale of medicinal materials, I am not in a hurry to sell this recipe so cheaply now, for myself, the recipe is a non-renewable resource, especially a good recipe, the total quantity is not much, and if you sell one, you will have one less. Good steel has to be used on the edge of the knife.

However, people didn't say death, but just said that if they could consider it when they were in urgent need of money, then they didn't need to block this road, especially when their family was still in debt and might be swept away. Therefore, Zuo Shaoyang smiled slightly: "Okay, if I am really in a hurry to use the money, I will consider it." ”

Zhu Medicine Cabinet nodded slowly, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at the pile of copper coins on the bamboo table, which had been cut up just now, and a large pile was spread there, not knowing how to take it. At this time, Father Sang came in with a teapot, and when he saw the pile of money on the table, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled and said, "Xiao Langzhong, this is for you by the old man?" ”

"Hehe, I taught him how to store medicinal herbs, and I also helped him repair the medicinal herb warehouse, this is the reward he gave me."

"Hehe, you're quite capable. Xiaolangzhong, you have money now, hehehe, your father owes me ...... tea money, can you ...... What about paying me back? ”

"My dad owes money for tea?"

"Yes, those who drink tea also have the money to buy tea. There is a signature on the credit book. ”

"Can you show me?"

"Of course, of course," Daddy Sang turned around and said loudly: "Baby, bring the credit book!" ”

Soon, someone came in with a curtain, but it was Sang Xiaomei and Sang Mu, Sang Xiaomei took a book of accounts, and said, "Brother is refilling the water in the lobby, give!" ”

Sang Mu saw a pile of copper coins on the table at a glance, her eyes widened, and she couldn't wait to reach over and grab it in her arms, so she rubbed her hand on her apron and said, "So much money, I wish the old man forgot to take it, right?" Why don't I keep it for him? ”

Daddy Sang smiled: "What." This is the gold that the old man wishes to give to Xiaolang! Xiao Langzhong wants to help you wish Uncle Zhu to repair the medicinal herb warehouse! ”

"Huh?" Sang Xiaomei looked at Zuo Shaoyang happily, "You are really capable!" Isn't it? ”

Sang Muti stood there with the copper kettle, his eyes wide, just dripping and looking at the pile of copper coins on the bamboo table.

Father Sang didn't smile and laughed, took the account book from Sang Xiaomei's hand, and pointed it to Zuo Shaoyang while flipping it: "Oh, here, here, here, here!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked at the handwriting, sure enough, it was all Daddy Zuo Gui, there was tea money owed, there was money owed to buy tea, and the debt was not short, he was a little embarrassed, and asked, "How much is in total?" ”

"One hundred and ninety-seven in total."

Zuo Shaoyang picked up the two copper coins that he had just cut out and handed them to Father Sang: "Well, this is two hundred yuan, and you don't need to look for the remaining three yuan." ”

"Thank you very much." Father Sang hurriedly took the two pieces of money, and received the account smoothly, he was very happy, and the smile on his face was very happy: "Your father hasn't seen him for tea for a long time, and he has been very busy recently, right?" Tell him and come over for a cup of tea. ”

"Okay!"

Sang Mu finally took her eyes back from the pile of money, snorted her saliva, and interjected with a smile: "Xiao Langzhong, our tea shop has just bought some good Mengding Wanchun silver leaf tea, your father has never tasted it, you have made so much money today, why don't you bring a few lumps back to your father?" ”

Father Sang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, this is a tribute tea, it's very good, bring a few pieces to your father to taste?" ”

In the Tang Dynasty, Tuo tea was popular, that is, the tea leaves were pressed into cakes or lumps, and when eating tea, a piece was broken off and crushed in the tea mill, and then boiled with boiling water, adding salt, pepper and other seasonings.

Zuo Shaoyang didn't understand tea, especially the tea of the Tang Dynasty, he had just made so much money, he was happy in his heart, and asked, "How much is a lump?" ”

Sang Mu laughed and said like a hen laying eggs: "Giggles, it's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's all old customers, it's cheap!" Giggles"