Fang Yue sat up from the bed abruptly, and at this time the sky was bright, and the sunlight shone directly through the curtain on the east window, shining on his body.

"I overslept, I wonder what time it is?"

Fang Yue lifted the quilt on his body, got out of bed and walked to the window, opened the window, it was almost sunrise outside.

Last night, after a series of strange events, he returned to his room and couldn't sleep for a long time, until it was almost dawn, but he fell asleep unconsciously, and woke up to nearly noon.

Fang Yue turned his head and saw a simple bronze mirror in the corner of the room, walked over and picked it up, wiped off the dust, and a handsome young man could be seen in the yellowed mirror.

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the person in the mirror was exactly what he was looking like now, and he was seven or eight points similar to his appearance that had not crossed before.

"After all, this world was originally just a dream of mine, and I was beautified by my subconscious in the dream, and I can eat it with this appearance alone, but it's a pity-"

Fang Yue shook his head and put down the mirror in his hand, his appearance is good-looking, but this world is not a good world, it is better to think about it first, how to protect himself when the nightmare comes is the most important thing.

"First of all, it is imperative to redeem the jade pendant in the pawnshop, and then you need to purchase some things and make some preparations, although it may not be useful."

Fang Yue checked the money on his body, there was a piece of broken silver, about one tael, a small silver ticket of five taels, and the rest was some copper plates, which were all his belongings.

"It's barely enough, but I'll have to eat and drink the northwest wind when I go back."

Fang Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, hurriedly cleaned up, and went out.

Fenghe Pawnshop is located on Chengdong Street, some distance away from the inn where Fang Yue lived. After Fang Yue went out, he didn't care about eating and went straight to East Street.

A quarter of an hour or so later, Fang Yue stood at the door of Fenghe's pawnshop.

"I hope there is nothing wrong with the jade pendant." Fang Yue thought as he walked into the pawnshop.

There was no one in the pawnshop at this time, only an old shopkeeper with gray hair sitting behind the counter, and a guy with a rag doing cleaning.

"Guest, do you want to redeem the jade pendant?" The old shopkeeper took the pawn ticket, squinted and glanced at it, and said.

"Yes."

"Guest, it was four taels of silver back then, and now it takes five taels of silver to redeem it." The old shopkeeper put down the pawn ticket in his hand and said casually.

It's only been one day, and it will cost an extra tael of silver to redeem it, and one tael of silver is enough for Fang Yue to live for a month.

However, Fang Yue knew that this was the rule of the pawnshop, and there was nothing to say, but fortunately, it was still within the scope of what he could bear.

Gritting his teeth and painfully taking out the small silver ticket with a denomination of five taels in his arms, Fang Yue ransomed the jade pendant from the old shopkeeper.

"Finally redeemed."

Fang Yue was a little excited in his heart, this was his life talisman.

This was a milky white jade pendant, Fang Yue held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again.

There is only a simple and simple pattern on the jade pendant, which looks like an ordinary jade pendant, if there is anything strange, it is carved on the front of this jade pendant with two fish entangled together, forming a circular pattern.

In Fang Yue's view, this pattern is very similar to the Taiji diagram.

"I wonder what the purpose of this jade pendant is? Could it be that as long as you hang on your body, you can ward off evil spirits? ”

Fang Yue studied for a while, but he didn't come up with a reason, so he could only put away the jade pendant first, hide it closely, and walk out of the pawnshop.

"The next step is to buy some sulfur and saltpeter, these two things have medical value, so the pharmacy should have a sale, go to the pharmacy and have a look."

Fang Yue wanted to engage in some gunpowder to protect himself, which was a better means he could think of at the moment.

However, although there was already gunpowder in this world, it was all under the control of the government, and Fang Yue had no way to get it, so he could only make it himself.

Fortunately, he probably remembered the recipe for black powder, although there were still many difficulties in making it himself.

Fang Yue walked on the street, and after asking people, he finally found a pharmacy.

When he walked in, he found that the little fat man Ren Junlin was also in the pharmacy.

"Fang Yue, I'm looking for you, why did you run away after drinking half of your wine in Huamanlou last night?" Ren Junlin also saw Fang Yue walk in, and grabbed him to speak.

Fang Yue felt a little embarrassed, is it really good to talk about drinking flower wine in public?

However, glancing around, the guys in the pharmacy and the people who came to grab the medicine, except for a few who looked at Ren Junlin's voice, most of them had ordinary expressions on their faces.

It seems that everyone is accustomed to it, or at that time, in society, it was a tacit thing for scholars like Fang Yue and Ren Junlin to go to the kiln and drink flower wine.

"At that time, I remembered that I had to do something immediately, and I left the scene in a hurry, so I'm very sorry." Fang Yue apologized and changed the subject: "By the way, what are you doing in the pharmacy?" Fill? ”

Ren Junlin laughed and said, "This is my family's newly opened pharmacy, didn't you look at the signboard outside?" ”

When Yang Yue remembered that when he walked in, the signboard he saw was indeed written with the words "Ren's Pharmacy", but he didn't associate it with Ren Junlin's family for a while.

"I remember that your family used to sell goods by sea, why did you suddenly open a pharmacy?"

Ren Junlin sighed, "Recently, the sea has not been very peaceful, and some East China Sea pirates have been running to the coastal areas of Baiquan Mansion to harass us, and the shipping of goods is almost untenable. My father thought that the medicinal herb industry was good, so he opened a shop to test the water, and if it was feasible, he tried to change careers. Isn't this just sending me to the drugstore to have a look? ”

Baiquan Mansion, which belongs to Ping'an County, is close to the East China Sea, and Fang Yue has also heard about the affairs of the East China Sea Haikou from time to time, and his impression is that it was not very large-scale before, but now it is so serious, and even the trade routes near the sea are about to be blocked by them?

"Our imperial court doesn't have a water division, it seems that there is a water division stationed in our Baiquan Mansion, didn't the imperial court send them to fight the invading pirates?" Fang Yue asked.

"Imperial Sailor?" A disdainful expression appeared on Ren Junlin's face.

"Ahem, the young owner is cautious." When Ren Junlin and Fang Yue were talking, the shopkeeper in the medicinal herb shop was standing not far from the two of them, and when he heard that Ren Junlin was dissatisfied with the imperial court sailor in his tone, he hurriedly interrupted.

Ren Junlin came to his senses and stopped talking, this is not a private occasion, talking about the court in vain, if you let someone hear it, it will be a disaster in an instant, especially a merchant like them, how many people are red-eyed.

"The contemptible surname is Chen, he is the shopkeeper of this pharmacy, Fang Gongzi doesn't know what medicinal materials he needs, you are a friend of our young owner, I can give you a twenty-percent discount."

This shopkeeper Chen looks like he is in his forties, young and strong, shrewd and capable.

Moreover, Fang Yue saw that he was very familiar with all kinds of medicinal materials in the medicinal herb shop just now, obviously this person was probably dug up by the Ren family from somewhere, after all, the Ren family was not engaged in the medicinal materials industry before.

"I need some brimstone and saltpeter, do you have one for sale in the shop?"

"Of course, although our Ren's pharmacy has just opened, it has a complete range of medicinal materials, and there is no other home in the county to compare. How much sulfur and saltpeter does Fang Gongzi need? ”

Fang Yue told the shopkeeper Chen about his needs, spent more than 300 yuan to buy the sulfur and saltpeter he needed, chatted with Ren Junlin for a few words, and left with him with a smile.

In fact, although the two grew up in the same village, after the Ren family moved to the county seat, Fang Yue and Ren Junlin couldn't see each other for a year, so they naturally became unfamiliar.