Chang Degui's promise is very happy.

That night, Wang Yicheng privately began to compliment Liu Ming, saying that he was the future Qingzhou giant businessman.

In this regard, Liu Ming just smiled, and after a night of hot headedness, he had calmed down. All he needs to solve now is to help his father become the big treasurer, and then dissolve the marriage.

As for the fame and fortune that comes with it, you can take it, you can't get it, and you don't get it.

On the second day, a notice was posted in the city of Wu County -- all merchants who were engaged in the business of medicinal materials had to go to the county government office for approval again, and if they did not have an approval document, they were not allowed to operate.

Changzhi County asked several officials of the county government to wear sabers, and in the streets and alleys, they went door-to-door to check to see if there were any illegal businesses.

Within a day, all the pharmacies and medical halls on the street were closed, and those traveling doctors did not dare to set up stalls on the street anymore.

The Wu County branch of Renjitang has taken root in one of the best shops on the main street.

The citizens of Wu County watched as several other pharmacies were closed, and only Renjitang was open.

However, what people didn't expect was that there was a rumor that spread in the streets and alleys, saying that this Renjitang monopolized Wu County, just to increase the price of medicine several times and make money from the county people.

As soon as this rumor spread, Ren Chai Tang opened for three days, but no one came to buy medicine.

On the fourth day, a big man with his head covered and bleeding ran in, and a woman next to him was holding his arm.

I said...... That's it, let's go home, this pharmacy, people say that black-hearted expensive ......" The woman pulled the big man and persuaded.

"Go home...... You, don't you see that I have a bloody hole in my head smashed by that brick? The big man said hurriedly, "No matter how expensive it is, let's take a look at it...... No way. Anyway, the price of medicine in Wu County has never been cheaper. ”

On Renji Hall, Li Yuanbao, who was wearing a black turban, was dozing off, and no one saw a doctor for three days, which made him bored. Seeing that there was a patient, he immediately cheered up, put on a smile and said, "My head was smashed like this, and I still don't see a doctor?" You may be seated, you may be seated. ”

The big man sat down, looked around, and said, "Well, this pharmacy is quite clean. ”

The woman next to her muttered, "Get it clean, it's all from us anyway." The businessmen who come to our Wu County to make money are all black-hearted. ”

"Okay, mother-in-law, stop talking nonsense." The big man scolded, he turned around and asked tentatively, "Doctor, how much is this gold sore medicine...... This shop on the street is yours, if you add a little more, it's fine, if the price is too expensive, we can't afford it. ”

"It's not expensive...... It's not expensive, I'll show you. Li Yuanbao opened his mouth and said: "Gold sore medicine, specializing in the treatment of bruises, is the most suitable to treat your disease." I'll do the math for you......" Li Yuanbao fiddled with the abacus beads, "Three coins of male lard, two coins of rosin, one coin of musk, and one coin of yellow wax, a total of one dose of medicine is consistent money." ”

"Always ...... money?" The big man was dumbfounded, and even the woman was stunned.

"What? Is this still expensive? Li Yuanbao thought to himself that this first order should not run, "Let me tell you...... It's not easy for us to transport this medicine to Wu County...... Carriage and horse fare plus manpower ......"

"It's not...... It's so cheap! The big man stood up happily, "This is much cheaper than the previous shops." The shopkeeper of your family is really a benevolent trader. ”

"That's ......" Li Yuanbao said with a little smugness, "Our shopkeeper has the world in mind, advocates helping the world and saving people, and never makes that black money." The rumors you hear outside are rumors. ”

"Yes, yes." The big man nodded convincingly, "I'll tell everyone that the price of medicine in this Renjitang is not only not expensive, but it is cheaper than before." Let everyone rest assured to buy. ”

"Then I will work hard for you." Li Yuanbao said.

After the big man received the medicine, Li Yuanbao ran to the inner hall and shouted: "Shopkeeper, your pricing is really smart." ”

Liu Ming was looking at the account book in the inner hall, and he said with a smile: "Li Yuanbao, since you became the bookkeeper, your sycophant kung fu has been getting better and better." When did I become the treasurer? The shopkeeper is my father. ”

"What's the difference?" Li Yuanbao didn't mind and said, "Your father and your uncle are both drinking with the magistrate now, and you don't have the final say on the big and small things in this pharmacy." He continued: "Shopkeeper, the pricing of all kinds of medicinal materials in your shop is really convincing. The people of the county have now eliminated their worries. ”

Liu Ming nodded and said, "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way." We have become a monopoly county pharmacy, which is eye-catching enough. If the price is raised again, it will definitely cause public resentment. ”

A guy once suggested to him, saying that Renjitang was the only one in the county anyway, so the price should be doubled. Liu Ming knew that if this was the case, it would be tantamount to destroying his future. Not only will it cause public resentment, but it will also make Changzhi County embarrassed. Even if the price does not increase as before, this tripling profit is enough for him Liu Ming to earn. What he owns is the market of the entire Wu County, and he must not do anything to kill chickens and take eggs.

However, Liu Ming knows that the money he makes so far is still not comparable to the pharmacy under Dabo Liu Xianda. He needed a bigger opportunity to make a staggering profit.

What he didn't expect was that a few days later, this opportunity came.

……

"Why are there so many typhoid fever patients lately?"

Two days later, at noon, Liu Ming flipped through the account books in the hall and asked the doctor.

"Really?" The doctor also looked at the accounts and responded: "Young Master Liu, there are indeed a lot of patients with typhoid fever recently. ”

"Well, a few days ago, seven or eight times out of ten, they all came to see this typhoid fever."

"Liu Gongzi, the weather in Wu County has changed suddenly in the past few days, and the temperature has dropped. In summer, it should be hot and cold, and this yin and yang imbalance makes it very easy to suffer from typhoid fever. The doctor explained.

"In this way, the people in Qingzhou are also prone to typhoid fever during this time?" Liu Ming asked.

"Not really. Wu County is located in a mountainous area, the climate is special, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the temperature is lower than the outside world. Out of this mountainous area, the temperature is quite normal...... In other counties, this is not the case. The doctor explained.

Liu Ming raised his eyebrows, and he suddenly thought that in the next few days, it would be the famous temple fair festival in Qingzhou. At that time, the traders from all counties will rush to the state capital to gather, and Wu County is naturally no exception. This typhoid flu is transmitted by contact between people. It is very likely that in the next ten and a half days, this typhoid flu will spread to the entire Qingzhou by merchants in Wu County through temple fairs.

There is about to be a big flu virus spread in Qingzhou!

Since the other medical halls and pharmacies on the streets of Wu County have been closed, at present, only one of them can count the information of patients in this county.

In other words, this information is known only to oneself.

Liu Ming understands that as a medicinal herb merchant, he must stock up on medicines and seize this opportunity!

To treat typhoid fever, the Song Dynasty is still basically treating it in accordance with the ephedra prescription of Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases". In other words, ephedra, cinnamon branches, licorice, and almonds in the ephedra recipe have become the target of Liu Ming's hoarding of medicinal materials.

Liu Ming locked himself in his room and roughly calculated that Qingzhou has a population of about 300,000, assuming that a quarter of the population suffers from the flu, the medicinal materials he needs to hoard will be more than ten tons.

When the money is spent, it is hated less. Where did he get the money for medicinal materials, which was close to 10,000 taels?

The surplus silver taels of the medical hall were spent on road repairs. And although he has a monopoly in the medical hall of Wu County, he can't quench his thirst from far water, and it is not easy to make up these tens of thousands of taels of silver within ten days.

What to do?

Liu Ming knew that he had to solve this problem. After a few nights of hard thinking, he almost scratched his scalp and finally came up with a plan. If this method is used, it may also solve the problem of insufficient bank resources. He scraped together two thousand taels of silver, and knowing that without further ado, he went to the largest medicinal herb market in the state capital.

State capital, Rejuvenation Hall.

The chubby shopkeeper Xu, who was born with a white face, looked at the young man opposite him with a pair of sesame eyes, and said with a smile: "Young Master Liu, you also know that I am the largest wholesale merchant of medicinal materials in the state capital here. The amount you want is huge, but I can get it for you. ”

"Good. Shopkeeper Xu, don't you ask me what I am just hoarding these medicines for? Liu Ming said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Xu showed a shrewd smile: "Young Master Liu, if I ask, will you tell me?" You may be selling to other states, or you may be doing that maritime trade. Even...... It may be sold to the Liao people and the Western Xia people. You have your own way. He laughed and said, "Young Master Liu, what is the hoarding for?" Naturally, it is for the word 'betting'. Gambling opportunities. If I allow someone to do business, I naturally won't spy on others. However, for the amount you need, it will take about five ox carts to carry it. ”

"Shopkeeper Xu, I want such a large amount, do you have a discount?"

"Naturally, there is, eighty percent of the typhoid medicine in the state, I'm afraid it's all in your hands. I'll give you a 6% discount. ”

"Six folds should also be ...... Six thousand taels. Liu Ming knew that he only had less than one-third of the cash.

"Shopkeeper Xu, if I buy you at the original price for this batch of medicinal materials, what will I do?" Liu Ming said with a smile.

"Original price?" Shopkeeper Xu twisted his beard and looked at Liu Ming with strange eyes, thinking to himself that this other party, isn't his brain burning?

"Naturally, however, I can only pay a deposit of 1,000 taels first, and the next 9,000 taels need to be delivered in ten days." Liu Ming said, "Shopkeeper Xu, if you agree, you can earn an extra fifty percent of the profit." ”

Shopkeeper Xu smacked his lips and said: "Xu has been in business for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have heard ......."

Liu Ming thought to himself that if the other party could agree, then his silver problem would be solved. The medicinal materials were first transported to Wu County, and ten days later, the flu broke out, and the people would come to buy medicine. You can use the surplus from the sale of medicinal materials to make up for the money of this medicine.

In this way, you can make a time difference. In this flu sniper battle, he is equivalent to a white wolf with empty gloves.

"But, Young Master Liu, how can I trust you? If, after ten days, you don't pay the rest of the taels, what will I do? Shopkeeper Xu's eyes flashed with shrewdness.

"Shopkeeper Xu, please take a look at ......" Liu Ming took out an official deed, "This is a notice from the magistrate of Wu County, Chang Lord, to the whole county." The contemptible people are not talented, and the Renji Hall operated by it is the only medicine hall recognized by the county government of Wu County. ”

Sometimes, it is necessary to pretend to be forced back.

Shopkeeper Xu looked at it, touched the hand of the official Wenqi and trembled, and sighed: "Young Master Liu, it's not simple, this is second only to the imperial businessman." Your Excellency has done it right. So be it...... I will go with Your Excellency to Wu County to see what is going on, and if this is the case, then this transaction will be in accordance with Your Will. ”

Since the two had agreed, Liu Ming led the shopkeeper Xu and rushed back to Wu County in a carriage. The shopkeeper Xu went to the street of Wuxian to take a look, and saw that what Liu Ming said was indeed true, on the street of Wuxian, only this Renjitang stood out, so he immediately signed a contract, promising to transport all the medicinal materials to Wuxian first, and then come to withdraw cash silver ten days later.

In a short period of time, the contract was settled, and Liu Ming knew that all he had to do now was to wait with peace of mind......