Chapter 89: Admission Ticket
"What is the main purpose of the Apricot Grove Conference?" Qian Feiyue was puzzled, since the transactions were all placed before the meeting, what should the official Xinglin Conference do?
"That's right!" Zhou Dong began to introduce again. Along the way, the things he learned from Zhou Dong alone far exceeded the silver paid to him. After his introduction, they also had a relatively complete understanding of the Xinglin Conference.
Because of the relationship between geography and history, Dongzhou has become the most famous gathering place for medicine and medicine in Dayan Kingdom. Coupled with the centuries-old inheritance of the three major pharmaceutical families, Dongzhou has become the Taishan Beidou of the entire Dayan medicine.
The Xinglin Conference is a grand event that has been passed down along with the reputation of medicine. Since Dongzhou became famous, the Apricot Forest Conference has been held. Once every five years, no matter how the world and the country change, the Xinglin Conference and Dongzhou have always adhered to it and remained unmoved.
During the Xinglin Conference, people from all over the world who love medicine will come to buy medicinal materials, buy medical books, exchange medical skills, see and learn, and so on. So it's a feast for the pharmaceutical world.
The market trading before the start is just a warm-up, and the official conference will last for seven days. During the seven days, the three major families will take turns to hold exchange meetings with medical enthusiasts, each with two days. This is the purpose of everyone's scramble to participate.
And the highest. On the seventh day, each of the three associations will send a doctor and a representative of medicine to hold a medical competition in Xinglin Pavilion in Dongzhou City. At the competition, representatives of various companies will demonstrate their pharmacy and medical skills.
The medical heritage of the century-old family, who is not impressed to be able to get close to listening, observing and learning?
"Several, the medicine competition is the biggest attraction of the Dongzhou Xinglin Conference, you must not miss it!" Zhou Dong seemed to remember something, and he was still a little fascinated, "I heard that in the last year, there were people who brought the 'dead back to life' in the medical competition!" ”
"Really?" Hua Lian was said to be ready to move.
Zhou Dong grinned: "Guest, I was still young at that time, I didn't see it with my own eyes, I just heard about it." Guest, it's here! ”
A few people looked up, and a clean two-story building was hung with the sign of "Xiushui Inn". In terms of time, this place is not far away.
Zhou Dong jumped out of the carriage and shouted inside: "Auntie, a guest is here!" ”
Soon a plainly dressed but neat woman came out, in her thirties, a little chubby, with a somewhat shy but kind smile on her face.
"A few guest officers, please come in, Adong, lead the horse to the backyard and feed some food."
"Hey!" Zhou Dong first helped remove the burden from the car and led the carriage to the backyard.
"Spend two or two, carry luggage!" After Qian Mo finished speaking, he pushed Qian Scarlet Moon in one step first, leaving a look of disgust and helplessness.
"You seem to like bullying him?" Qian Crimson asked with a smile.
"He owes!"
Qian Scarlet Moon snickered and shook her head.
Entering the inn, Aunt Qiao saw that Qian Feiyue was unable to move, so she specially took them to the room downstairs in the backyard.
"This is our own yard, no one lives downstairs, if you don't dislike it, you can live in the backyard, right? It's quieter, but it's a little more shabby. The rooms in the front yard are better, but they are all upstairs. ”
The room was clean and everything was available, just not so tasteful. However, Qian Scarlet Moon and Qianmo are not people who care about these, and the people who care about have no money, so they can only follow them.
Zhou Dong didn't tell a lie, three houses cost three taels of silver a day, and three meals a day, which is indeed not expensive. Hua Lian originally said that the Donglai Inn costs twenty taels a day, and the meal is counted separately.
"Tut-tut, I don't know who chartered the Donglai Inn, I really don't take silver as money." Hua Lian complained while carrying her luggage, "Ah, Sister Yue, what are you carrying in this baggage?" So heavy! ”
That being said, he didn't open it to see it, it was full of medical books.
Qian Scarlet Moon looked at the burden and looked up at Qianmo, who also happened to look at her. Both of them thought of Master Leng Yuhan, in such a prosperous era as the Xinglin Conference, Master should also come, right? I don't know if I can meet him. They were in a hurry, and they couldn't leave a message for the master, so if he couldn't find him, he would be worried and anxious, right?
After packing up their things, the three of them had a simple lunch at the inn, and then followed Zhou Dong out for a walk. The three of them were eager to see the pomp and circumstance of those markets. As for the matter of the agarwood card, the three of them tacitly did not speak.
Because there was no carriage in the city, the three of them went on foot. On the way, Qianmo pushed Qian Feiyue, and Hua Lian accosted Zhou Dong: "Hey, you live in your aunt's house?" ”
Zhou Dong was stunned for a moment, and nodded sullenly: "Well, my father and mother died early, and my aunt and uncle took me in." ”
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Hua Lian looked at this child who was younger than herself, and touched his head with an adult look, which made Zhou Dong embarrassed for a while.
"What about your uncle? Why didn't you see it? ”
Zhou Dong shook his head: "Uncle is usually in the inn, and he went out with someone half a month ago, so there seems to be something." ”
Hua Lian nodded, and asked about something else. Qian Mo and Qian Scarlet Moon listened and found that he seemed to be asking where he wanted, but after several questions were connected, they found that the end of the question was to point to the wooden card.
The curiosity of the two of them about Hua Lian is a little more, this guy seems to be boring and unreliable, but in fact his mind is very delicate.
Zhou Dong is still a child in the end, and his mind is not so deep, he revealed some information to them little by little. It is that the wooden card is jointly issued by the three major families, mainly for the people who are famous in medicine in the Great Yan Kingdom, this is not an ordinary reputation, it has to be a character like Taishan Beidou.
As for the role of the wooden card, Zhou Dong only knew that this wooden card represented the supreme honor of the medical industry, and during the Xinglin Conference, he could enter and exit any place with the wooden card, and he couldn't say how much it was.
What Zhou Dong said was what Hua Lian knew, and he even knew more. For example, only ten of these wooden cards were actually issued to the outside world, and six were in the hands of the three major families. For example, with this wooden plaque, there can be a VIP room at the auction of the three major families in Dongzhou City.
He only didn't know where the mysterious "infield" was, so it seemed that he had to find another way to inquire.
"A few guests, just cross this intersection and you're there." Even if Zhou Dong didn't say it, they had already heard the noise coming from the front.
Sure enough, walking around the corner, they seemed to be born, and instantly stepped from the no-man's land into the earthly world.
"Do you want to race against Hua Tuo? Come on, my medical books are the best. ”
"Hear with your ears, smell with your nose, use your heart! Jishidian, there are the medicinal herbs you want! ”
"A real doctor will not hesitate, the silver needle will be inserted into the flesh, and the medicine will be cured!"
…… The clamor of the market was endless, and just listening to the interesting advertisement made the three of them a little overwhelmed.
"Hahaha, you're here at the right time!" Suddenly, a man blocked their way, and then mysteriously approached them, took out two wooden plaques in the cloth bag, and whispered, "You don't have tickets for the auction yet, do you?" Would you like one? ”