The sun has just risen, the streets of Xilin City are already lively, along the street on both sides of the trading shops, all kinds of goods are dazzling, dizzying, the street is full of people, endless, shouting and buying and selling is endless, Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Teacher~ Is it so lively from Ningcheng?" ”

Shen Zhitang said with a smile: "Yes, now that the four countries have ceased war for a long time, the people are enjoying peace, the people are lucky, and the world is lucky!" Looking at Li Zhilian's novel expression, his eyes suddenly became a little sour, and he said softly: "Why haven't you been out of Zhongluan City all these years?" ”

Li Zhilian shook his head and said, "No~"

At this time, the stall owner brought two bowls of noodles and said: "Objective ~ slow use"

Shen Zhitang tapped the noodles on the table with his fingers and said: "Come ~ eat first" took a pair of chopsticks and handed it to Li Zhilian and said: "Over the years, Mr. Wang has been good to you?" ”

Li Zhilian nodded and said, "It's good!" In addition to teaching us every day, he also arranged some chores for us to earn our own pocket money, but he never let me leave the academy."

Shen Zhitang laughed: "I know that he has that temperament, I said that he used to treat your imperial brother like this, do you believe it?" ”

Li Zhilian smiled a little embarrassedly.

Suddenly, a shout came from the shop next to him: "Get out, get out!" Shen Zhitang and Li Zhilian were startled, and when they looked up, they saw a few ragged beggars being pushed and pushed out by the guys from the pharmacy next to them.

Li Zhilian sat relatively short, bent his head and looked at the plaque of the pharmacy next to him, it turned out to be "Santang Valley"

Among them, there were old and young, and one of the middle-aged beggars had a smile on his face, and kept saying to the guy: "You can do well, just accept our ginseng!" We've been busy for more than a month to dig up such a point, and you suddenly don't accept it, and we can't sell it......"

The shopkeeper said angrily: "Okay, okay, don't say it again, it's not that we refuse to accept it, but the top has given an order, if anyone collects it, they will lose their own money, I also work for others, I really can't afford it!" With that, the shopkeeper turned around and walked back into the store.

A few beggars stood helplessly in the street with their hands spread out

At this moment, a shout came from afar: "Brother Lu~ So you are here!" Let me find it ~ I've found someone who can help us."

The middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Jiebin and said, "Brother Chen~ Why are you in such a hurry, is something wrong?" ”

Chen Jiebin helped Lu Dasan, raised his head and just saw Shen Zhitang in front of the food stall, hurriedly pulled him forward, and said breathlessly: "It's this gentleman, he is willing to help us"

Shen Zhitang took a deep breath and suddenly shouted at the middle-aged beggar, "You guys come here first."

Lu Dasan looked at Chen Jiebin, and then walked over with more than a dozen beggars and said, "This gentleman~ are you really willing to help us?" ”

Shen Zhitang nodded and said, "Even if I am willing to help you, I have to know what is going on first, right?" Come~ You eat first, why don't you talk while eating"

Lu Shisan nodded, and said to the side: "Let's meet a kind person today, let's sit down and eat first!" ”

The guys at the food stall hurriedly put the pulled pasta, put it in boiling water and boiled it for a while, then poured it into a bowl, poured the soup and added ingredients, and then delivered it to the table one by one

Shen Zhitang asked with concern: "This ginseng is very valuable, and it is rushed to be asked for in other places, why don't you go to other towns to have a look?" ”

Lu Shisan looked at Chen Jiebin and sighed: "This is the rule set by our ginseng pickers and Shentang Valley, we pick ginseng and they sell ginseng, at that time, in order to prevent some people from buying and selling privately, we all declared to the outside world that the ginseng that went out from Xilin City did not go to Shentang Valley, it was all fake, and after a long time, people were also used to buying from Shentang Valley, thinking that the outside was fake......

Shen Zhitang nodded: "Do you know the origin of Santang Valley?" ”

Lu Shisan shook his head: "I don't know, Shentang Valley was introduced by Xisha County after China opened up trade with the Western Zhou Kingdom, but the old people of the older generation should know it than us" Pointing to the old man who was sitting in the corner and had eaten two bowls of noodles, he said: "It's that old man, who is over sixty years old this year, and still insists on going up the mountain, ask him what he should know"

Shen Zhitang got up and walked in front of the old man and asked kindly, "Old man~ Can I ask you something?" ”

The old man raised his eyes, his mouth was stuffed with something and motioned for Shen Zhitang to sit down, swallowing the contents of his mouth before he said loudly: "I know what you want to ask, my ears are good!" ”

The old man recalled for a while: "I remember, when I was young, I went to Xisha County to collect ginseng, and when I stayed in a small canyon at night, I met two people from Xisha County, and they said that the small canyon was the place where the two valley owners of the Santang Valley established the Santang Valley at that time, and when they went to sit there when they were collecting ginseng, it would bring them good luck."

"At that time, the mountainous land of Xisha had not been recovered by the Western Zhou Kingdom, and it was still a stateless jurisdiction like the current Zhongluan City, and they all relied on the mountains to eat, and a few of them were medicine pickers, and they were friendly with the pharmacies on the borders of various countries, so they helped to pick some more difficult medicinal materials, but they were all exiled prisoners, and they would not be looked down upon anywhere, so at that time, two young people established the Shentang Valley, and they were responsible for teaching the locals to identify medicinal materials, recycle medicinal materials, and stock a large number of them. Find someone to sell at a low price in the village, and soon the news spread to the local medicine hall, and the medicine hall had no choice but to buy from them, so Shentang Valley slowly gained a firm foothold in Xisha."

Shen Zhitang frowned and said, "This is usually the city gate not open, how do they trade?" ”

The old man said with a smile: "In the eyes of hunters and medicine pickers, what is the city gate, generally as long as you go to other countries and don't cause trouble, ordinary people will not care, and the government will not know."

It seemed that he had only just returned from the Western Zhou Kingdom, Shen Zhitang smiled and turned his head to look at Li Zhilian, but he was nowhere to be seen, and stood up abruptly to look back at her standing behind him

Li Zhilian looked back, there was nothing abnormal, and asked, "Teacher~ What's wrong?" ”

Shen Zhitang smiled: "It's nothing~" sat back in his seat and asked the old man: "Then old man, do you know when this Santang Valley was stationed in Xilin City?" ”

The old man thought for a while: "It should be that one was opened not long after the opening of trade between our country and the Western Zhou Kingdom."

Xiao Er was also busy and stood aside and listened for a long time before interjecting: "You are talking about Santang Valley!" Their boss doesn't know which way it is, just a few years of hard work, all our local pharmacies have been acquired, and several neighboring counties and towns are all in the world of Santang Valley, but they are quite benevolent to open a medical hall and pharmacy, so no one cares, so they let them develop on their own."

Shen Zhitang raised his eyes and said, "Oh~ Shentang Valley has only developed in the past few years? ”

The stall owner nodded and said, "About four or five years ago!" There is one on the main street in this Xilin City, and the one next to me was only purchased by Santang Valley three years ago, and it has been stable in the past few years, and there is not even a medical trouble" The stall owner leaned down and squatted on the corner of the table and said softly: "But~ I heard that there is a rule in this Santang Valley, and poor families who have no money for treatment can pay their own blood." ”

Shen Zhitang turned his head and looked at Li Zhilian depressedly, and then asked, "Is what the stall owner said seriously?" ”

The stall owner stood up and said, "Who knows? I've heard that, too."

Chen Jiebin wanted to speak on the side, but finally couldn't help but say loudly: "Mr. ~ You ......"

Shen Zhitang laughed and said, "I forgot about the business~" took out a few taels of silver from his arms and said: "Brother Chen!" You take them to an inn first, and I'll come to you after I'm done!" ”

Chen Jiebin took the money and burst into tears: "Sir~ You are really a good person!" ”

Shen Zhitang and Li Zhilian looked at the Santang Valley next to them and were about to pay and leave, when the sound of Chen Jiebin and Lu Dasan talking came from behind them

"Brother Lu~ Didn't I ask you to go to the inn to find me yesterday? Why did you run here?"

"Last night, Xiaowen found that there were several carriages moving things at the back door of this store, we thought they had emptied their inventory, and they should collect our things today, but I didn't expect it......"

Shen Zhitang and Li Zhilian looked at each other, turned around and asked, "Where did those carriages go later?" ”

Lu 13 said: "Out of the city~"