Chapter 176: Door-to-door medicine
As soon as he heard about the three-hundred-year-old ginseng, he wanted to exchange it for a pill, and Zhao Rui felt that his ancestor was too stingy. Although it is rare to see a hundred years of ginseng on the market now, the four major families in China do not have hundreds of ginseng that are more than 100 years old, although the Zhao family does not do the business of medicinal materials, but there are hundreds of 300-year-old ginseng in the family's treasure house, Zhao Rui feels that this is indeed a little unproductive. Zhao Rui had no choice but to say to Zhao Shichuan.
"Ancestor, these three hundred years of old ginseng, I'm sure Hong Tu is unwilling to exchange, even if I have a good relationship with him, this advantage is too obvious. Zhao Rui's face was a little ugly, although Zhao Rui didn't know what the main medicine of Hong Tu's pill was, but it was definitely a medicinal material of the last year, so Zhao Rui wanted to ask Hong Tu for more benefits here in Zhao Shichuan, so as not to feel embarrassed when he saw Hong Tu in the future.
"Then five hundred years of old ginseng, in exchange for one of Hongtu's elixir, there are a total of 100 copies of 500 years of old ginseng in the family treasure house, and some must be left for future generations, 500 years of old ginseng in exchange for Hongtu's elixir, is already the limit of what our Zhao family can do. Zhao Shichuan also saw that Zhao Rui obviously didn't want to discuss this matter with Hong Tu, so he desperately asked Hong Tu for benefits here. However, Zhao Shichuan also understands that if someone else goes to discuss with Hong Tu about the exchange of medicinal materials for pills, I am afraid that Hong Tu will not pay attention to it, and now Zhao Rui should help Hong Tu ask for some benefits.
"Okay then, but I can't guarantee whether Hongtu will change it or not. Zhao Rui also knew that this was the biggest concession that the ancestor could make, if Hong Tu wanted the thousand-year-old medicinal materials in the family, it would depend on whether the elixir refined by Hongtu was attractive enough, but the hundred-year-old medicinal materials in the family, Hongtu's current elixir, could be exchanged at will. Zhao Rui turned around and wanted to discuss with Hong Tu now, to see if he could exchange some pills from Hong Tu again, so as to complete the task given to him by the ancestor.
Seeing Zhao Rui turn around and leave, Zhao Shichuan knew that Zhao Rui wanted to see Hong Tu now, but it was so late now, if Zhao Rui came to the door at this time, it would mean that the FJ Zhao family attached too much importance to Hong Tu's pills, Zhao Kuan and Zhao Rui had just come back, and the Zhao family asked Zhao Rui to come to the door to exchange for pills, who knows if Hong Tu would raise the price of the pills because of this. Zhao Shichuan knew that Zhao Kuan and Zhao Rui had a good relationship with Hong Tu, but it was not so good that they could share any benefits, even if they were relatives.
"Wait, I'll go back tomorrow morning, why are you in such a hurry. Zhao Shichuan immediately stopped Zhao Rui, thinking that this Zhao Rui was still a little old enough to deal with things, and now he sent it to the door, didn't he wait for Hong Tu to slaughter the price. Zhao Rui heard the ancestor stop him, and he was still a little puzzled, just now the ancestor attached more importance to Hongtu's pill than himself, but now he used to stop himself in the past. Zhao Rui thought about it for a while and understood, it turned out that the ancestor was afraid that Hong Tu would take the opportunity to increase the price of the elixir, so he smiled secretly in his heart. Even if Zhao Rui goes over tomorrow, the conditions given by Hong Tu in exchange for the pill are the same, but he can't let Hong Tu give the pill to the ancestor of the Zhao family so easily, and he still gives Hong Tu enough benefits.
If Hong Tu looked at his own face and only accepted some basic alchemy medicinal materials from the Zhao family, then Zhao Rui's words just now would be in vain. Just for Hong Tu's life-saving grace just now, Zhao Rui also wanted to give Hong Tu enough benefits to the ancestor of the Zhao family. Anyway, these medicines of the Zhao family have been put away for decades and rarely used, although there are also pharmacists in the family who refine medicines, but the level is very different from that of Hong Tu, just look at the Zeng Yuan Dan refined by Hong Tu. Moreover, the alchemist supported by the family also takes a lot of benefits from the Zhao family every year, compared to these medicinal materials exchanged with Hong Tu, although there is a gap, but Hong Tu's pill is too precious, and it is worth the Zhao family to take out five hundred years of old ginseng in exchange.
After a general understanding of Hongtu's situation with Zhao Kuan and Zhao Rui, the ancestor of the Zhao family asked the two of them to go back to rest, and asked Zhao Rui to go to Hongtu tomorrow morning to discuss the matter of exchanging medicinal materials for pills, Zhao Shichuan is also a little tired now, and when Zhao Kuan and Zhao Rui leave, Zhao Shichuan will fall asleep after a while.
The next morning, Zhao Rui went out with a dark circle under his eyes, Zhao Rui didn't rest well last night, because Zhao Rui didn't know what rare medicinal materials were needed when Hongtu's Zengyuan Pill was refined, and his five-hundred-year-old ginseng, in exchange for the pill from Hongtu, would it be too advantageous for Hongtu, Zhao Rui thought about it all night, and didn't fall asleep until three o'clock in the morning.
It was already more than nine o'clock in the morning, and Zhao Rui had also eaten breakfast, thinking that the time for Hongtu's practice in the past should be over now, Zhao Rui went to Hongtu's small courtyard with red eyes. Xia Zhijie and Guan Peipei were still practicing in the courtyard, Hong Tu was about to go out at this time, and Zhao Rui would not have met Hong Tu if he came a little late.
Seeing Zhao Rui's hurried appearance, Hong Tu knew that Zhao Rui must have something to do when he came to find him, so he took Zhao Rui to his room, and Hong Tu made Zhao Rui a cup of tea. But now Zhao Rui didn't have the heart to drink tea, so he took the teacup and put it on the table next to him. "Brother Hong, do you still have that elixir, what is the main medicine for making this elixir?"
When he arrived at Hong Tu, Zhao Rui was embarrassed to say directly that the ancestor of the Zhao family asked him to come over in order to exchange medicinal materials for pills with Hong Tu. Zhao Rui first inquired about Hongtu's tone, and saw how many years of rare medicinal materials Hongtu used to refine the elixir, and whether his five hundred years of ginseng could be exchanged for a pill here in Hongtu.
"And a few more. The main medicine for making this elixir is a 300-year-old old mountain ginseng, but why do you ask this, you can't continue to take the pill yourself, it is someone else who needs this pill, so I ask you to come and ask for the pill. Hong Tu didn't even think about it, so he directly told Zhao Rui that the main medicine for making Zengyuan Dan was a three-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng. Hong Tu knew that Zhao Rui didn't need the Zengyuan Pill now, maybe after going back yesterday, the Zhao family found that Zhao Rui and Zhao Kuan's martial arts cultivation had increased dramatically, so some people in the Zhao family wanted to ask for a few pills in Hong Tu's hands through Zhao Rui. Hong Tu took out a porcelain bottle directly from the mustard seed space, which contained three Zengyuan Pills.
"I can give you three more, no matter who takes it, there must be a chemical martial artist present, otherwise there is a high chance of an accident. Hong Tu felt that Zhao Rui was also a little greedy, he had already given him two Zengyuan Pills, and now Zhao Rui still came to the door to ask for Zengyuan Pill, but Hong Tu felt that Zhao Rui was not bad last time on the gambling boat, so he gave Zhao Rui three Zengyuan Pills.
"I accepted the pill, but I didn't come here this time to take the Zengyuan Pill from you for nothing, our Zhao family ancestor bid a five-hundred-year-old ginseng in exchange for a Zengyuan Pill on your body, I will take three back first, and I will bring the medicinal materials over next time I come over, and then exchange it with you for the Zengyuan Pill." "Now Zhao Rui knows that the main medicine of Hongtu's refining of Zengyuan Dan is just a three-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, and he takes the five-hundred-year-old ginseng and exchanges it for Hongtu's Zengyuan Pill at a ratio of one to one, which is not cheap to stand on Hongtu.
Moreover, Zhao Rui knew that a three-hundred-year-old ginseng, Hongtu was likely to refine more than one pill, so the five-hundred-year-old ginseng was given to Hongtu, and he could refine more Zengyuan Dan, which could be regarded as the processing fee for Hongtu. Now Zhao Rui is relieved, he doesn't have to take advantage of Hongtu anymore, and his own ancestor can also have a good explanation.
"I don't need a five-hundred-year-old ginseng, three hundred years is enough, and I can refine a lot of elixirs with one old ginseng. Hong Tu was a little embarrassed, originally thinking that Zhao Rui came over and wanted to continue to ask him for pills. Unexpectedly, Zhao Rui was pulling business for himself, and as soon as he made a move, it was a five-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng. If Hong Tu has more of these old mountain ginseng in his hands, Hong Tu has a lot of pills that have not been refined before, and he can try refining them now.
"Brother Hong, you are too sincere. This time, I came over on behalf of the ancestor of the Zhao family to exchange for the pill, and each took what he needed, the five-hundred-year-old ginseng, in exchange for a Zengyuan Pill from Hongtu, and Brother Hong said that you asked for an old ginseng without a five-hundred-year-old ginseng, and it could not be exchanged for a Zengyuan Pill, and I would have to go back to report the situation later. Zhao Rui heard that Hong Tu gave himself face like this, and wanted to directly use the three-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, and he could directly exchange it for Zengyuan Dan from him. But if he really did this, Zhao Rui felt that he was taking advantage of Hongtu again, so he insisted on exchanging the five-hundred-year-old ginseng for a pill from Hongtu.
Hong Tu wanted to say something more, but was directly interrupted by Zhao Rui. "Brother Hong, don't you realize the preciousness of your Zengyuan Pill, you announced at the martial arts conference that you would let others take rare medicinal materials from five hundred years old and come over in exchange for you for a Zengyuan Pill, there will definitely be a lot of people who will want to exchange some rare medicinal materials for you here, and they are not necessarily all old ginseng, and other more precious medicinal materials will also be willing to be exchanged, so it is still our Zhao family to take advantage. ”
Hearing Zhao Rui say this, Hong Tu realized how precious this elixir that can increase the strength of martial artists is now. Originally, Hong Tu thought that this Zengyuan Pill was similar to the elixir he gave to Zhang Likun, the ancestor of the Zhang family in the northeast, for the treatment of internal injuries, because in the use of medicinal materials, the refining of Zengyuan Dan was more than the rejuvenation pill for the treatment of internal injuries, and there was also a three-hundred-year-old ginseng, although Zhang Likun was also very precious to the elixir he gave him at that time, but Hong Tu still didn't think that the elixir he refined was a panacea in the eyes of others, Zhang Likun's right arm was treated by his own rejuvenation pill, which Hong Tu also knew, but he didn't think that the rejuvenation pill was precious。