"Sister, why did you only buy two pairs of pills today? This is not even enough for Daddy's medicine for a day! Ling Chenhui stepped forward and asked.

"The price of medicine has risen, and the money that was originally enough to buy two days of medicine is now only enough to buy two pairs." Ling Yuting's voice was bitter.

"What!" Ling Chenhui was angry and angry, "Why did the price rise so outrageously?!" ”

"The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said that it was because the Erlong Mountain through which the medicinal materials were transported was occupied by a group of robbers, so the medicinal materials could not be transported, so the price could only be increased."

Erlong Mountain?

Zeng Hao, who was standing on the side, was stunned, and thought to himself, the mountain occupied by the flower monk Lu Zhishen and the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi happened to be called Erlong Mountain, could it be that the gang of robbers was Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi's people?

"That can't go up so far! Isn't this a clear blackmail at Ximen Pharmacy! Ling Chenhui was still angry.

"What can be done then? As we all know, the group of people in Ximen Pharmacy have always eaten people and did not spit out bones. The key is that I also used all the remaining money to buy ingredients, and if my father's illness is not followed by medicine, I am afraid that it will ......."

Speaking of the back, Ling Yuting's voice began to choke.

Seeing Ling Yuting so sad, Zeng Hao couldn't bear it, so he asked her: "How much does the medicine to cure your father's illness sell now?" ”

"Ten taels of silver...... Ling Yuting said weakly.

"What! Ten taels of silver?!! Zeng Hao was dumbfounded.

In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, although the value of coins decreased due to social unrest, ten taels of silver was still a large amount for ordinary people.

You must know that at that time, the imperial court sold the official silt fields in Kaifeng, Jingxi and other places, and the first-class red silt fields were only sold for about four or five yuan per mu (one tael of silver = consistent money = one thousand copper coins), and the average daily income of ordinary people was about two or three hundred copper coins, and the medicine sold by this Ximen pharmacy actually dared to ask for ten taels of silver!

"Wait, Ximen Pharmacy, is the owner behind it Ximen Qing?" Zeng Hao asked Ling Yuting.

"It's the guy who eats human blood steamed buns!" Ling Yuting said hatefully, "Originally, other pharmacies didn't sell such expensive ones, but Ximen Qing relied on himself as the head of the county's pharmacy (similar to the president of the Chamber of Commerce), and insisted that the prices of all pharmacies in the county should be the same as him, and he didn't care at all about the lives of us people who were waiting for medicine to save their lives!" ”

"With such an outrageous price, doesn't the government care about it?"

"It's useless, Ximenqing has a close relationship with the local magistrate, he has done evil in the county over the years, and the people who sued him don't know how many, and in the end they all fell into the sea, it's useless."

After listening to Ling Yuting's complaints, Zeng Hao, who was not used to it, wanted to go to Ximenqing to find a "theoretical theory", but in the end he still kept his senses.

Because Wu Song has not come back yet, Ximen Qing is rich and powerful in Yanggu County, and he has also learned some martial arts, if he chooses to face him at this time, Zeng Hao knows that he will not occupy even a little advantage.

So he could only choose to endure it first and wait for Wu Song to come back before making plans.

After thinking about it, Zeng Hao said to Ling Yuting: "In this way, I still have more than 20 taels of silver at home, and you will go home with me to get money to buy medicine, after all, your father's condition is critical, first make up enough for today's medicine, and then we will find another way tomorrow." ”

After listening to Zeng Hao's words, Ling Yuting was stunned, because she didn't expect Zeng Hao, who had only known her for one day, to help her!

"Yuting thanked the master! The great kindness of the master, Yuting will never forget! ”

She gratefully knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zeng Hao.

Zeng Hao hurriedly supported her and told her that she didn't have to make such a big gift, anyway, he would definitely ask Ximen Qing to spit out this money with interest in the future.

After temporarily solving the current troubles of the two siblings, the three began to discuss the business of the restaurant.

"The geographical location of our restaurant is not good, and the flow of people who usually pass by is too small, even if my cooking skills are good, it is useless for the guests to know, so the top priority at the moment is to let the people of Yanggu County know that the chef of our restaurant can stir-fry." Zeng Hao said.

"It's easy, I'll write a sign and hang it in front of the store now." Ling Chenhui was about to get up as he spoke.

Zeng Hao hurriedly stopped him: "No one has passed here, what's the use of you hanging a sign?" ”

"What then?" Ling Chenhui said dumbfounded.

"It's very simple, find someone to advertise for us."

"Advertising? What do you mean? Ling Yuting asked suspiciously.

"I went to Goolan and Vasheli to find those who told history books, told stories, sang operas, and played acrobatics, and gave them money, so that they could promote our restaurant to the audience after each performance. In this way, the whole Yanggu County will know about the existence of our Wanfu store, and there will be no worry about no business at that time. ”

After listening to Zeng Hao's explanation, the eyes of the two sisters and brothers lit up instantly, they didn't expect that they could use this method to promote their own restaurant.

Ling Chenhui looked at Zeng Hao with admiration: "Master, you are too powerful!" ”

Zeng Hao waved his hand modestly: "Ji Cao Don't be six." ”

Ling Chenhui: "?? ”

At this time, Ling Yuting asked distressedly: "But master, I don't have any money now, how can I still have money to advertise?" ”

Zeng Hao waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's okay, I'm out of this money, anyway, I have a share of this restaurant now." ”

After making a plan, the three of them came to Zeng Hao's house to withdraw money.

When he came to the door, Zeng Hao found that the courtyard door was locked, which meant that Pan Jinlian was not at home.

He wondered where Pan Jinlian had gone, but because the matter of the restaurant was important, he didn't think much about it, opened the courtyard door with the key, and went back to the room to take out all his savings, a total of twenty-two taels of silver.

"The twenty taels of silver, Yu Ting will take it to buy medicine first." Zeng Hao handed the money to Ling Yuting.

Ling Yuting was not hypocritical, took the money, said "thank you" to Zeng Hao, and then went straight to the pharmacy.

"The last two taels of silver left are our advertising expenses." Zeng Hao said to Ling Chenhui again.

……

Zeng Hao and Ling Chenhui came to a hook fence in Yanggu County, which was crowded and lively.

On the way, he had already agreed with Ling Chenhui about the price, and at most he would only bid two hundred yuan per person, if it didn't work, he would change to another, and he didn't have to worry about finding someone.

After all, this way of making money was the first time in the Song Dynasty, and you only need to move your mouth to make a net profit of two hundred Wen, Zeng Hao believes that many people will rush to do it.

Entering the hook column, Zeng Hao and Ling Chenhui divided into two ways, he went to find those who sang songs, and Ling Chenhui went to find those storytellers.

Soon, Zeng Hao fell in love with a woman who sang songs, she looked quite good, and her singing voice was also beautiful, so there were many audiences in the audience.

When she finished singing a song and took a break, Zeng Hao walked over.

"I wonder if the girl can take a step to speak? I have a lucrative deal here that I want to introduce to girls. Zeng Hao said politely.

The woman looked Zeng Hao up and down, hesitated, and finally followed him to a hidden corner.