Xu Laosan, who didn't know that he had shared the cost of twenty-five taels, came out of the house with his waist bent and his stomach in his hands. As soon as he walked out of the door, he immediately spread his long legs and ran to the nearest pharmacy in his house.

Master Xu had the foresight to divide the shops equally in the future, so when he chose the name, he took different names, called "the first pharmacy", "the second pharmacy" and "the third pharmacy". The nearest one is the main store, "First Drugstore".

Pharmacy: Shouldn't I deserve a more talented name?

"Hey, hey, rare guests, why is the third young master here? Want to grab medicine? The shopkeeper was settling accounts, and a fiery figure rushed in in the afterglow, and when he looked up, it was the third young master Xu Zhijin. Among the three young masters of the Xu family, the third young master is the most unscrupulous, and everyone likes to get close to him.

"Uncle Luo, is there any mercury sold in our pharmacy?" Xu Zhijin asked before he could catch his breath.

Shopkeeper Luo smiled: "Then how can there be?" Why, who's going to fight the worms? ”

Xu Zhijin shook his head and said, "I just want to see the purchase and shipment account books of mercury, who has bought mercury." ”

Shao Dong did things, Luo shopkeeper didn't ask why, took a few account books out, mercury is a small variety, he quickly found out the monthly entry and exit items:

"Third young master, you see, this year, in our three pharmacies, a total of ten catties of mercury have entered, four catties have been left in the first shop, and three catties have been divided into each other shop. Women have a large demand for contraception in winter, and more sores and ringworm are treated in spring, and fox odor will also be selected in late spring......"

When Xu Zhijin heard this, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked in a hurry: "Why is it winter...... Contraception...... Will the demand be great? ”

Shopkeeper Luo laughed and said: "Third Young Master, you haven't married yet, so naturally you don't know the reason why those skin and meat businesses are the busiest when the farm is slack...... I'm telling you, they'......."

Xu Zhijin's face was stunned, and he hurriedly interrupted him: "Stop!" Uncle Luo, then let me see which orders we have sold? ”

Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly handed the detailed account to the young master, and pointed out by himself: "According to the general dosage of prescriptions, these few bought three taels, all of which are for the treatment of scabies; These buy six taels, which is the amount of insects; This and two are contraceptive...... Ay? This amount is larger, and I bought a pound and two taels...... Let me see ......"

"Two taels a pound? One person buys so much? Can you see who bought it? Xu Zhijin was a little excited, he didn't expect that he had found the clue so quickly, it seemed that Hua Qiao said that it was right to find a pharmacy.

Shopkeeper Luo looked at the sales column and said with a smile: "Oh, look at my memory...... The buyer is Wang Ergou from Dawangzhuang on the outskirts of the county, his son has vitiligo, and he is still a doctor in our pharmacy, and there is mercury in the prescription. ”

When Xu Zhijin heard this, he was slightly disappointed.

"We still have ...... left in our first shop" Shopkeeper Luo clicked his abacus a few times and said, "Six taels a catty." ”

He turned his head and shouted into the pharmacy, "Thin man, count the mercury!" After a few breaths, a thin man's voice came from the pharmacy: "One pound six!" ”

That's right.

Xu Zhijin nodded, closed the account book and said, "Okay, there is none, then I will go to the second and third shops to check." ”

Shopkeeper Luo grabbed him with a smile: "Third Young Master, where did the mercury use and what happened?" You are checking everywhere with such fanfare, and you still don't make everyone know about it? If you are not sensible, you will think that there is a problem with the medicine in our pharmacy. I'll ask the two shopkeepers to quietly bring the account books, and you can just wait here. ”

Xu Zhijin thought about it in his heart, sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, and he was the owner, so he didn't think of this problem. He smiled and nodded.

After a short time, the shopkeepers of the other two pharmacies also entered the inner hall of the first pharmacy with the account books. Before coming, they all checked the inventory in person, and all of them were worthy of the accounts, and the people who sold the medicine were all a few taels or taels, and there were no more than a catty.

Shopkeeper Wang put away his account books and said with a smile: "It's a pity, we can't see the accounts of the fourth pharmacy, just a few of us, it's not the end of checking the pharmacy." ”

"Where's the Fourth Apothecary?" Xu Zhijin asked strangely, he had the impression that there were only three pharmacies at home, and there were no new pharmacies.

"Don't listen to him. Because the names of our pharmacies are all numbered, everyone jokes and calls the elixir shop the fourth pharmacy. That's the county lord's brother-in-law's property, and we can't afford it. Shopkeeper Li smiled.

Shopkeeper Luo smiled and said, "That's not necessarily. Our third young master is the best at reading, and when he goes to Yangzhou to participate in the autumn exam this year, he will definitely be the master. At the beginning of spring next year, Shangshun Tianfu will take a tribute exam, perhaps, you will live until April, and wait until the Jinluan Hall to go around, and the emperor will get the champion back.

When the title of the third young master of our family came back, the old man said that he wanted to accept the elixir shop, and the county master didn't personally bring it overnight? ”

"That's it! What's the point of the pharmacy? Our third young master wants money and talent, and he is still handsome, I'm afraid, the county master even has to hold his eldest daughter together. ”

"Look at your loneliness, I heard the old man say that the girl of the county master fell in love with the third young master of our family, so I waited for this time to be moved, so that I could come to the door to propose......"

Where did Xu Zhijin say these old fritters? He stood up with a red face and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I don't want to marry a girl from the county master." Love who goes. Since we don't have one, I'll look elsewhere. ”

When Shopkeeper Luo saw that the young master was ashamed, he no longer teased him, but only reminded: "If you talk about mercury, the goldsmith who makes gilts will also use it a lot." Didn't his family receive a big order last winter? The work started this year. They generally go to Yangzhou to buy goods by themselves, and in the end, they are really in a hurry to use it, so they will ask us to make up for it. ”

"Goldsmiths need mercury? Isn't it a lot of Taoist priests and warlocks? I still want to ask the Taoist priest. Xu Zhijin really didn't know that mercury was also used for gilding.

The Taoist priest Wang who told the fortune on Dongjie claimed to be the descendant of the Zhengyi of Longhu Mountain, and everyone knew that the talisman of the Heavenly Master's Mansion was the most spiritual, so his business was not bad. But the general direction of his hexagram is accurate, but every time he calculates, it is always a little bit worse, so everyone simply calls him "a little worse".

Xu Zhijin still remembers that when he was seven or eight years old, he met the mother of the buckwheat one day, and led the little buckwheat past the stall of the Taoist Wang, and the Taoist Wang pulled the buckwheat mother and said: "It's amazing, it's terrible!" Your daughter has a noble face and a phoenix, and she wants to marry into the palace to be a mother! ”

Everyone around laughed: "Almost, yes, I made up a new word today?" Shouldn't you say that the little girl almost became a mother......

Xu Zhijin saw it at that time, Hua Buckwheat was smiling, but her face was not good-looking, she led Xiao Hua Buckwheat and hurried away: Fortunately, it was a little worse!

Speaking of Taoist priests, the three shopkeepers all laughed: "My third young master, didn't you say that the money training technique in the yamen is 'a little bit' with that of East Street, right?" Where can those two fake Taoist priests practice mercury? When you want to get people to refine fake pills, you have to buy them quietly in our shop. ”

I see. With these two pieces of information, Xu Zhijin decided to go to Hua Buckwheat first, and then see what ideas Hua Buckwheat could have.

Thinking of the buckwheat, Xu Zhijin couldn't hide a smile on the corner of his mouth:

Quanbaoying County, I can't find a second girl with such brains.