"Shagen, these medicine residues are full, you go and pour them out..." The foreman who was shoveling the medicine residues pointed at the cart that was already full of medicine residues, wiped his sweat, and said directly to Yan Liqiang.
"Okay..." Yan Liqiang responded, put down the shovel in his hand, walked to the front of the cart, pushed the cart directly, and walked towards the place where the drug residue was dumped.
"Ah, I didn't expect Shagen to be so capable and strong. He didn't seem tired after working for such a long time..."
"That's nothing, I was like this when I was young..."
"That's true, but since Shagen is so capable, let's take it easy. Oh, leave a bowl of water for Shagen, so he can drink it when he comes back..."
The medicinal residues in the large steamers in front of them had been cleared out. The people who worked with Yan Liqiang were so tired that they sat on the ground, taking the time to rest and drink water. Seeing Yan Liqiang's energetic appearance, the workers were very satisfied.
Yan Liqiang was walking in the yard pushing a cart full of medicinal residues, scanning the entire production process of Yuanqi Soup with his sharp eyes, not missing a single detail. His mind was full of doubts. He had been shoveling the medicinal residues in the yard for nearly two or three hours. With his careful observation, he had completely figured out the production process of Yuanqi Soup.
The preparation of the Yuanqi Soup, from the selection of medicinal materials, chopping, steaming, to cleaning, these processes are all completely open. Right here in this yard, he could not see any possibility of tampering in the process. Moreover, during the entire preparation process, there were imperial doctors and medical assistants from the Imperial Hospital who were in charge of these links. It would be crazy to tamper with the Yuanqi Soup under the eyes of so many people.
The only thing that surprised Yan Liqiang was that the boiled vitality soup had to be transferred from the large courtyard to another courtyard next to it. It was said that it had to go through the last process before it could be transported out for people to drink. Yan Liqiang hadn’t seen the last process yet, but the small courtyard where the last process was being carried out was not guarded very tightly. The door was open, allowing people to go in and out. Looking in from the door of the small courtyard, you could see barrels of boiled vitality soup placed on the ground over there to cool down. There were also quite a few workers in that courtyard, each holding a ladle, constantly lifting and pouring the water in the large wooden basins. It felt a bit strange, and I didn’t know what they were doing…
Yan Liqiang pushed the cart and poured the full cart of drug residue that had been cleaned out to the ox cart that was transporting the drug residue out of the city. Then he pushed the cart back to the place where the big steamer was cleaned.
The medicinal materials in the big steamer over there have not been steamed yet, so they can take a short break here. Several workers are sitting on the ground, catching their breath.
"Team leader, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I'm going to the bathroom..." As soon as he came back, Yan Liqiang touched his stomach and said to the squad leader.
The squad leader looked at the big steamer in the distance, then looked at Yan Liqiang, and waved his hand, "Go quickly and come back quickly. Don't take more than half an hour..."
"Okay..." Yan Liqiang responded, turned around, and ran directly to the toilet in the distance. When he ran to the toilet, he did not enter it, but bypassed it. When no one was paying attention, he went directly to the small courtyard where the last step of making Yuanqi Soup was made. He came to a worker who was constantly using a ladle to stir water in a wooden basin, squatted down, and said, "Brother, what are you doing? It seems quite interesting."
The worker who pumped the water was also a worker hired from outside. He glanced at Yan Liqiang and asked, "Where are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Yan Liqiang smiled innocently, "Ha, I'm here to clean up the medicine residue. I just passed by your yard and saw that it's quite interesting here, so I came in to take a look. Brother, what are you doing with all that water in the bucket? I don't think there's anything special about it."
The man who was lifting the water looked at Yan Liqiang proudly and said in a somewhat ostentatious manner, "You don't understand this, right? This water is just ordinary water, but when this water is put into a basin and is continuously lifted up and poured down with this ladle, the water changes. It is no longer ordinary water, but Ganlan water used for medicine. Have you heard of Ganlan water? There is a lot of knowledge in it. This Ganlan water is different from ordinary water. It can replenish qi and strengthen the body. Look at the bubbles in the basin when this ladle of water is poured down. Aren't there many more bubbles than ordinary water? When I pour a ladle of water into the basin, the whole basin is full of bubbles. This water is Ganlan water..."
"Yes, big brother, I didn't notice it if you hadn't told me. There are indeed a lot of bubbles in the water!"
"Of course. This is the method used by the imperial physician. The vitality soup ultimately relies on this Ganlan water. Look at those barrels of medicine that have been boiled over there. They need to be cooled down in the end. Each barrel of medicine needs to be mixed with half a basin of Ganlan water to truly become the vitality soup, and the medicinal effect will be sufficient..."
"Brother, you know so much!"
Hearing Yan Liqiang's praise, the worker felt a little embarrassed, "I don't understand this either, I just heard it from others..."
"By the way, brother, is the water you use drawn from the well in the yard? I'll try it when I get back..."
"This water is not well water, it's mountain spring water sent from outside. I heard that the best water is the Ganlan water made from mountain spring water..."
"Oh, I see… "
Yan Liqiang looked carefully at the basin of clear spring water with bubbles rolling around it, muttering to himself, this medicinal Ganlan water feels like mountain spring water with more oxygen added, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Could it be that he was overthinking, and there is actually nothing wrong with this Yuanqi Soup
"Hey, where are you from and what are you doing here?" A doctor in the yard came over and asked Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang stood up quickly and scratched his head. "I was cleaning up the medicine residue over there. I saw this guy pouring water over here. It was fun, so I came over to take a look..."
The healer waved his hand impatiently, "What's so good about this? Go do your own thing and stop wandering around in the yard!"
"Okay, okay..." Yan Liqiang smiled and walked away quickly.
Before Yan Liqiang could leave the yard, several horse-drawn carriages carrying large wooden barrels drove in from the gate of the yard and almost hit Yan Liqiang.
"Get out of the way quickly and don't block the road. The carriage is coming. Don't you have eyes?" The coachman driving in the front waved the whip on the carriage and glared at Yan Liqiang.
When Yan Liqiang saw the face of the coachman, his heart skipped a beat and he jumped twice. The coachman had a rough face and drove the car skillfully, but to Yan Liqiang, that man's face was not unfamiliar. At least not unfamiliar to Yan Liqiang. More than two months ago in Huizhou City, when he rescued Hua Ruxue, Hua Ruxue was besieged by masters of the White Lotus Night Ghost Army. This face was one of the few masters of the White Lotus Night Ghost Army who remained that night.
The ghost soldiers that night all wore face masks, revealing only the area above the eyes. Ordinary people might have seen them but not remember them. But don't forget that Yan Liqiang was a criminal investigation painter in his previous life. He has an extraordinary ability to identify and recognize the detailed features of a person's face. He can recognize a person even if he has only seen part of the person's face.
When Yan Liqiang walked out of the yard, he looked back for the last time. The driver, who was the incarnation of the White Lotus Sect's Night Ghost Army, and several workers were taking down large wooden barrels from several horse-drawn carriages. The barrels were filled with spring water transported from outside the city.
The spring water in that small courtyard turned into Ganlan Water, which was then added to the cooled medicine soup. The medicine soup turned into Yuanqi Soup, which was then transported out of the courtyard and became a panacea to resist the corpse plague and stabilize the situation. It was sent to various places in the capital, and the people lined up to drink it...
Those blood corpses were created by the White Lotus Sect, and the fear of blood corpses and corpse plague was also created by the White Lotus Sect. While everyone was afraid of the corpse plague, the people of the White Lotus Sect turned into rickshaw drivers and delivered the last ingredients to the vitality soup to fight the corpse plague. However, the imperial physician in charge of making the vitality soup was an inhuman evil demon...
After sorting out all this, Yan Liqiang's whole body, at this moment, was like being struck by lightning, and he shuddered - the corpse plague was fake, and the blood corpses created by the White Lotus Sect were smokescreens used to scare people and intimidate the court. This vitality soup was the real thing. Their ultimate goal was to make all the people in the capital line up and drink their vitality soup. There was definitely something wrong with this vitality soup...
(End of this chapter)