The medical office has a strong medicinal fragrance, which has been lingering for two days in a row. Not to mention, the nearby villagers thought it tasted good after smelling it too much.
As more and more medicinal materials were processed, they occasionally went to the front to consult patients with Zhou Man, and the three doctors gradually realized that something was wrong.
Dr. Tian picked up the ephedra in the dustpan, and asked with a numb face, "Is this also used as medicine for sores?"
Hu Dalang, who sent him the method of treating ephedra, said with a confused face: "I don't know, but the adults asked me to give you the medicinal materials and prescriptions, and said that it should be handled according to the prescriptions."
Dr. Tian took the prescription, waved his hand down, turned his head and said to Dr. Shao, "Judging from the medicinal materials we have processed in the past two days, Mr. Zhou's golden sore medicine is really complicated."
Dr. Shao also shook his head and laughed, "Forget it, who doesn't have a secret prescription? We're not real apprentices in the first place, so of course we can't teach us the prescriptions."
Proprietary medicines are different from decoctions. If the latter can still be taught, then the former will be a secret of each family.
Zhou Man is teaching Wen Tiandong how to make medicine, "The Imperial Medical Office has distributed prescriptions to medical offices in various places, you must learn how to make them. Now the medical offices have been spending money, even His Majesty and the crown prince can't stop our spending." , so we also have to find a way to make money from him.”
She said: "The sale of off-the-shelf medicines, especially the cooperation with the military is the most important point."
Wearing a mask, Wen Tiandong frowned, "But don't some students in the army go in now? They know how to do it themselves."
"That's how many people?" Zhou Man said: "Now the imperial medical office has agreed to distribute a total of five patented medicines, all of which are commonly used patented medicines, and the effect is not bad. Now there are few military Chinese medicine practitioners, and I want to rely entirely on them to make them." It is impossible to supply the finished medicine to the army, and it will not be possible within three years."
Zhou Man's eyes sparkled, and she said: "Master Luo and I have calculated privately that the market for patented medicines in the world is huge, especially when the number of doctors is seriously insufficient, there will be many people who buy patented medicines for emergencies, even if they lose their money in the future." For the orders in the military, we can make a lot of money just relying on the private drug market."
Wen Tiandong: "How can there be so many medicinal materials in the world?"
Zhou Mandao: "Master Luo used to be an official in Lingnan, where the medicinal materials are very rich, and many mountain people rely on picking medicinal materials for a living, he has already contacted Lingnan, they will find a way to open up medicinal fields, or directly in the mountains Sow the seeds to ensure the growth of subsequent medicinal materials, so that they can be harvested every year."
Wen Tiandong's eyes widened, apparently he didn't expect Mr. and the others to even discuss this.
Zhou Man said: "The growth of medicinal materials takes time. If the year is not enough, the efficacy of the medicinal materials will be greatly reduced. Moreover, there are also requirements for the soil. The method is to plant more under its original ecology, although it is still wild, it is guided by manpower, so it is considered semi-wild."
Considering that the medicinal materials should not occupy the farmland, Zhou Man and Lord Luo discussed it, and they both believed that it is enough to directly expand the growth of the medicinal materials in the growth environment of the medicinal materials. For some medicinal materials that can be matured by humans, such as ginger and yam , red dates and other things can be popularized among the people, and other medicinal materials that are mainly wild are directly sprinkled with seeds in the mountains to expand their original growth. In time, the medicinal farmers can go directly to the mountains to pick them. Such medicinal materials are considered semi-wild.
Wen Tiandong swallowed, and looked at Zhou Man blankly.
Zhou Man raised his head and smiled at him, and asked, "Why, are you surprised?"
Wen Tiandong lowered his eyes and said, "When I was in middle school, the gentlemen used to argue about this, and the students also discussed it, because the opening of a local medical office will inevitably increase the medicinal materials needed, and the sirs and students are worried that the medicinal materials will increase because of this. People who already look down on doctors look down on doctors even more, and those who can afford to see medicines will look down on medicines because of the price increase.”
Zhou Man asked: "Then the price of medicinal materials has increased now?"
Wen Tiandong recalled the purchase order submitted by Mr. Qian a few days ago, and said, "Except for a slight increase in the price of a few medicinal materials, most of the other medicinal materials have not changed, and some have even decreased in price, which seems normal."
"It's normal," Zhou Man said, "I have compared the prices of medicinal materials in Qingzhou for the past two years, and the fluctuations this year are within the normal range, and the prices have not increased due to the opening of the medical department."
She said: "I don't know what will happen in the future, but we can't just think about the possibility of price increases and not do things. Things should be done for the convenience of the people and the people. If we are worried about bad consequences, we should try our best to make it happen On the one hand, it is good to do it. You are worried that if the medical department prescribes more medicinal materials, the price will increase, so you can use more medicinal materials so that the medicinal materials on the market can be used by us, so that the price will not increase?"
"You have discussed so much, haven't you discussed why?" Zhou Man said: "So we have to do it. Only after doing it will we know what is right or wrong. We have worked hard, even if it is still wrong in the end,"
So you have a clear conscience
"Then correct it," she said with a determined face: "I have already walked a wrong path, and if I go back and start over again, the chance of success will be higher."
Wen Tiandong: "... Sir, you have perseverance."
Zhou Man reached out and patted his shoulder and said: "Don't be afraid of failure, come on, make golden sore medicine, you mix it up, I'll let Hu Xiaomei and the others come in and fill the bottle later, General Qibi is still waiting for us to deliver the medicine."
Wen Tiandong let out a breath, nodded in response, "Have you been fighting again recently?"
"There are no big battles, but there are occasional fights, and they also need training, and injuries are common," Zhou Man said: "Besides, it's been cold recently, and I have given them a lot of treatment. A patented medicine for wind and cold, this time let them experience the charm of our patented medicine."
Wen Tiandong nodded, and while mixing the prepared medicine powder according to Zhou Man's instructions, he couldn't help asking, "My lord seems to be able to chat with Lord Luo very well?"
Zhou Man habitually turned her head and took a look outside to confirm that there was no one outside, and then remembered that this was Qingzhou, and her people were all on the left and right, so she sighed: "Xiao Yuan is just a good person, but in the construction of the medical department It’s not the same as Mr. Luo, he’s as ambitious as me.”
Zhou Mandao: "I mentioned the matter of advocating the planting of medicinal materials to Xiao Yuanzheng a few years ago. Xiao Yuanzheng only wrote the letter once. After the Ministry of Finance came back with the reason that it might seize the farmland, the matter was settled. But this time Luo My lord has directly contacted the governors and county magistrates of various places, and now not only the Lingnan area, but even the Yongzhou area have begun to tentatively plant some medicinal materials."
Wen Tiandong, who was caught off guard by hearing the conflict between the teacher and his immediate superior: ...