Chapter III: False Accusations
Time flies like flowing water, and five years pass in a blink of an eye. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is now 1932, and Li Chenglong has turned sixteen.
In addition to refining his body every day, he studied alchemy, and two years ago, due to medicinal materials and strength, he had fallen into a bottleneck in alchemy.
So, Li Chenglong began to study refining tools again. Strictly speaking, this is not a refining weapon, to put it in layman's terms, in fact, this is called striking iron.
For anything Li Chenglong does, his father Li Decai is unconditionally supportive, seeing that Li Chenglong suddenly became obsessed with iron, Li Decai didn't say a word, and directly bought an ironsmith shop and gave it to him, which can be called extremely doting.
The reason why Li Chenglong studied refining weapons was that he wanted to build a long sword for himself, and the quality of the long sword created by the most clever blacksmith in Foshan was not worse than that of ordinary weapons, but it was far from the level of blowing hair and cutting gold and jade, which was not what he wanted.
However, in this life, Li Chenglong was limited by his strength, materials, and tools, and he had no way to refine even the worst primary magic weapon in the cultivation realm.
But it is still easy to create a mortal weapon that cuts gold and jade.
After two years of tireless research and experimentation, he finally refined a piece of 10,000 forged steel, which is almost the ultimate in steel.
If you want to improve the material of steel, unless it is placed in a spiritual vein, after thousands of years, the steel will become pure iron after absorbing enough spiritual energy.
Refined iron is the material commonly used in refining magic weapons in the cultivation realm.
Li Chenglong can't even cultivate the sword body realm now, even if he gets a piece of fine iron, he can't build a weapon.
In addition to refining 10,000 forged steel, he also optimized the quenching process and coolant.
Li Chenglong used a special potion as a coolant, and when the whole sword was cooled, the cloud patterns on the sword body seemed to come to life, rippling like water waves, exuding a cold cold light.
Li Chenglong named it "Qiushui", and used a scabbard made of fine ebony, lined with python skin, and the outer layer of the scabbard was plated with a layer of black gold.
After the Qiushui Sword was built, Li Chenglong's strength skyrocketed, and with the help of divine soldiers, he could even kill a martial arts master by surprise.
Unless the other forces are using hot weapons such as guns to surround and kill him, otherwise, if they fight alone, the people who can win against him on the rivers and lakes can be counted with one pair of hands.
In recent years, Li Decai's business has become bigger and bigger, especially since Chen Jitang came to power, the economy of Guangdong Province has grown by leaps and bounds.
Li Chenglong instructed Li Decai to invest in other industries from time to time, and later his business spread all over Guangdong Province, and even the Ye family of the Foshan Wang family also had business dealings with him.
Li Decai can be described as high-spirited, and he has a kind of lofty ambition to guide the country.
"Young master, someone is making trouble in our medicinal herb shop." Fauber knocked on the door and whispered outside. Li Chenglong grew up under his watch, and Fu Bo saw all the magic of this young master, and he became more and more respectful to him.
"Hmm." Li Chenglong rinsed casually in the backyard, changed into clean clothes, and followed Fu Bo out of the blacksmith shop, and Shi Shiran walked towards the pharmacy where the accident occurred.
As early as a year ago, Li Decai handed over all the pharmacies in Foshan to Li Chenglong for full management, so the medicine store would come to him to deal with things that could not be solved.
The pharmacy where the accident occurred was very close to the blacksmith's shop, only one street away, and the two of them walked for less than ten minutes to arrive.
At this time, a large group of people gathered at the door of the pharmacy to watch the excitement, and they heard the noise and shouting inside.
"Everyone, please let me!" Fauber drank in a deep voice.
The crowd of onlookers all knew Fu Bo and knew that he was the steward of the Li family, so they all retreated one after another to make way for him.
"Young Master, please!" Fu Bo walked in front to open the way for Li Chenglong, and when he arrived at the door, he stood aside and let Li Chenglong go first.
Li Chenglong didn't care about these vulgar courtesies, but Fu Bo insisted on being so respectful, so he let him go.
"Why are they here to make trouble?" Li Chenglong asked lightly.
"He said we sell counterfeit medicines!" A guy from a pharmacy said angrily.
"Oh? Do they have evidence? Li Chenglong raised his eyebrows and asked. He has been in charge of the medicine store for a year, and the supply is very clear, and there will never be a situation where counterfeit drugs are sold.
"This is the tiger bone powder that your pharmacy sold me, but the doctor who dispensed the medicine for me said that it was adulterated, and I asked several pharmacies in a row, and they all said that there was a problem with this tiger bone powder." The strong man at the head said angrily.
Li Chenglong took a closer look and found that there was indeed variegation in this small packet of tiger bone powder, twisted it a little and smelled it, and knew that it was mixed with cat bone powder.
Using cat bones instead of tiger bones, this is a common trick used by some profiteers, used to fool some people who don't understand medicinal materials, but when you meet a master like Li Chenglong, you can tell it with a little identification.
"Your pack of tiger bone powder is indeed adulterated." Li Chenglong concluded.
When the big man heard this, he immediately turned to the people behind him and said, "Everyone heard it! The young masters of Li's Pharmacy have personally admitted that they are selling fake medicines! ”
The crowd of onlookers suddenly exploded like a pot, whispering to each other.
"Li's Pharmacy actually sells fake medicines, what a profiteer with no conscience!"
"I often grab medicine at his house, so I won't have a problem taking it!"
Words like this are endless, and some of them are even scolded directly.
"Everyone, be quiet! I just said that the tiger bone meal in the guest's hand was adulterated, and I didn't admit that my Li was selling fake medicine. Although Li Chenglong's voice was not loud, it seemed to have magic power, and it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"This pack of tiger bone powder was bought from your pharmacy, and it was only an hour before and after, do you still want to deny it?" The big man asked, glaring at his brass bell-sized eyes.
Li Chenglong looked at the two guys in the store, and one of them nodded at him slightly, proving that the big man's medicine was indeed bought from here.
He pondered for a moment, and soon figured out the key to this.
The two people who came to make trouble must have been instructed by others, and the counterfeit tiger bone powder in their hands was indeed from Li Chenglong's medicine shop.
There are two possibilities: first, the tiger bone meal in the medicine store is indeed fake. This point was quickly vetoed by Li Chenglong, tiger bone powder is not like other ordinary medicinal materials, the price is relatively expensive, and when it is purchased, it must be 100% identified by the old Chinese medicine practitioner of the medicine store.
Unless it was the old Chinese medicine doctor who received the benefits and deliberately let this fake tiger bone powder flow in.
The old Chinese medicine doctors invited by Li Chenglong are all people with excellent medical skills and noble morals, and they will never do such things that harm others and benefit themselves.
Then, there is only the second situation left, that is, the tiger bone meal of the medicine store has been adulterated.
Thinking of this, Li Chenglong walked to the medicine cabinet, took out the drawer containing tiger bone powder, twisted out some tiger bone powder and put it in the palm of his hand to smell it, and found that it was indeed adulterated with fake medicine.
"Huang Lao, when you bought the goods, did you check all these tiger bone powders?" Li Chenglong asked the old Chinese medicine doctor who was frowning on the side.
"The old decay is guaranteed by his reputation, and absolutely all of them have been checked, this level of adulteration, the two guys in the pharmacy can find out, how can I leak it!" Huang Lao's words were a little excited, and he almost swore to the sky.
This matter is related to his reputation, and if Li Chenglong's pharmacy is convicted of selling fake drugs, he will also be ruined.
"Okay, I got it. I naturally trust Huang Lao's morality, otherwise I would not have handed over the pharmacy to you to take care of. Li Chenglong smiled and comforted the excited old Chinese medicine doctor.
After a pause, Li Chenglong's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the two guys in the pharmacy, and there seemed to be a divine light shining out of them, as if he could see their innermost thoughts through the eyes of others.
This is the effect of him using a little bit of divine soul power, dealing with these ordinary people, it can definitely take people's hearts and make them tell the truth.
"You two, don't you recruit from the real thing! Who told you to do this? Li Chenglong's eyes were extremely sharp, and as soon as the two guys met his eyes, their legs trembled, and they knelt on the ground in fright.
One of them, who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, had a dead face and cried with a trembling voice: "Young master, I am all persecuted! If I don't agree to their demands, they will hurt my wife and children! ”
"Say! Who the hell did you two instigate to harm me? Li Chenglong once again used a trace of divine soul power to look at the two big men.
They first heard the guy at the pharmacy tell the truth, and they were already very panicked, and then when they made eye contact with Li Chenglong, they were immediately taken by him, and they couldn't help but "poof" and fell to the ground.
"It was Boss Liu of Rende Pharmacy who ordered us to do it."
Now the truth is finally revealed.