Early in the morning three days later, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei arrived at Lin Jingchen's house in an ordinary green-covered carriage and picked up Han Qixia.
"Sister Yue, Sister Fei," Han Qixia said with a smile as soon as she got into the carriage, "How about we go to the small market outside the city today? Sister Fei needs a lot of medicinal materials to make herbal tea. The medicinal materials in the small market Basically, they are sold directly by drug farmers. Although they have not been processed and require more work, the price will be much cheaper if there is no medicinal material dealer in the middle. Since it is to do good deeds, let me do my part. Leave all the medicinal materials to me." She talked eloquently, with a lot more confidence in her eyes than before, and even a brighter smile, as if she had swept away the haze of the past.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei couldn't help but glanced at each other, feeling again: Han Qixia is really different!
The carriage rattled out of the forest house again. The coachman had lived in Luoyue City for decades, and just hearing Han Qixia casually mentioning it, he knew where they wanted.
The carriage went out from the west city gate and walked all the way to the new south. After two or three miles, there were continuous mountains not far away, with thick greenery, and crisp birdsong could be heard from time to time. It made people feel a lot lighter. The surrounding area is full of green trees, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot.
Han Qixia picked up the curtain of the car window and looked outside, pointed to the front with a smile and said, "Sister Yue, Sister Fei, the small market is right in front of you, this market will end at noon, we have to hurry up Just do it."
During the words, the carriage gradually slowed down, and finally stopped under a thick old tree by the side of the path.
Baihui and Que'er got out of the carriage first, and then supported the masters to get out of the carriage one by one.
This small market is much simpler than the ordinary markets in the city. It is just a group of medicine farmers setting up stalls and selling things under the shade of trees. According to Han Qixia's introduction, at the beginning, the medicinal farmers who came back from the mountains to collect medicinal herbs sold the medicinal materials on the spot. Slowly, they became famous in Luoyue City. Occasionally, some medicinal medicinal farmers would come here to set up stalls, and there were sellers. It will attract buyers, so many drug dealers will come here to collect medicinal materials from time to time.
As Han Qixia said, while they were walking forward, Nangong Yue casually glanced around for half a circle, and saw a somewhat familiar medicinal material. She stretched out her hand to Baihui, and Baihui immediately handed a book to Nangong Yue knowingly, it was the "Nanjiang Materia Medica" handwritten by her and Xiao Fei.
Nangong Yue also guessed that she would encounter some medicinal materials unique to southern Xinjiang when she came here today, so she specially brought this "Southern Xinjiang Materia Medica", intending to take this opportunity to recognize the real ones.
Next, Nangong Yue and Han Qixia got busy. It was the first time for Nangong Yue to come to this market, but Han Qixia had been here many times. Lin Jingchen had already tried some of the medicinal materials on Xinjiang Materia Medica, so she chatted with Nangong Yue at the moment...
After buying several kinds of medicinal materials at several stalls in a row, the medicine basket brought by Baihui was already half full. Nangong Yue is almost reluctant to think about Sichuan. This southern border is indeed a good place. Its climate is destined to have a variety of plants here. The more plants there are, the more medicinal materials will naturally be... Just like this "Southern Xinjiang Materia Medica" has nearly A third of the herbs were ones she hadn't seen before.
Maybe…
Nangong Yue rubbed her fingers thoughtfully, thinking: Since there are so many novel medicinal materials in southern Xinjiang, maybe she can try to improve the herbal tea recipe, if the price of herbal tea can be made cheaper, the effect will be even greater. If it does not decrease, it is also a matter of benefit to the people.
At this moment, Han Qixia pointed to a stall in front of her and said, "Sister Yue, Sister Fei, Huoxiang is selling there, let's go and have a look."
No matter it is the herbal tea made by Xiao Fei or the heat-relieving pills made by Lin Jingchen, Huoxiang is indispensable.
Seeing that there are several big bags of Huoxiang on the Yaonong's booth, it should be enough for them.
The three girls hurriedly walked over there, only to see a white and fat drug dealer in a brocade robe standing in front of the booth, and he was talking to the drug farmer proudly: "Five taels of silver is a lot. It's not until May, if you sell Huoxiang at this time, I'm just willing to accept it!"
The drug farmer said with sweat profusely: "Master, if my family was not in a hurry to spend money, I wouldn't be willing to sell it at this time. Five taels of silver can buy me two hundred catties of Huoxiang, isn't that too little? It's not enough for me. It's been a tough year!"
"Five taels is a lot!" The drug dealer said disapprovingly, "I took your Huoxiang, and after processing it, it will be stored in the warehouse for a few months, and it will take up space in my warehouse! If it rains accidentally and the house leaks and the medicinal materials are destroyed, it’s all my fault, can I still come to you to ask for the loss?!”
The drug dealer spoke clearly and logically, Yao Nong showed hesitation, he knew that the drug dealer had exaggerated a bit, but it was not unreasonable, Huoxiang is not difficult to grow, and the price is not high, as long as there is frequent wind and cold, The price is relatively higher when it is hotter. One year, when the wind and cold broke out in southern Xinjiang, the price of Huoxiang rose by 20 times, and the supply was still in short supply. Both the drug farmers and the drug dealers made a lot of money.
But at this time of year, the price of Huoxiang cannot go up.
The more the drug farmers think about it, the more confused they become. Naturally, the drug farmers hope to make a living on this for a year. Once they are sold at a low price, how will they live for the next year? And the family is already in a hurry to spend money... the drug has already been picked I can't keep it for a few days if I don't sell it...
Seeing the expression of the drug farmer, the drug dealer was secretly proud, and planned to give the other party another trial pressure: "Little brother, why don't you think about it again, I'll go for a walk first, and when I come back, you must give me a reply." , I am in a hurry to go back to the city."
Yao Nong hesitated to speak, his mouth moved again and again, and the drug dealer turned around triumphantly, thinking: This business is probably done.
Nangong Yue, Han Qixia and the others have also listened for a while at the back. Han Qixia has been in Luoyue City these days, and she has a general understanding of the prices of some common medicinal materials here. The price given by this pharmacist is really low, it seems like taking advantage of the fire!
Seeing the medicine merchant leave, Nangong Yue and the three stepped forward, and Han Qixia took the initiative to ask the medicine farmer: "Uncle, I don't know how you sell Huoxiang?"
Although there were guests, Yao Nong couldn't feel relieved. Here are just a few little girls, how much Huoxiang can you buy from them!
"I don't know how much the girl wants to buy?" Yao Nong asked nervously.
The drug dealer who had just walked away a few steps was a little nervous at first, but soon thought of going with Yao Nong.
"We want all of your Huoxiang." Han Qixia said with a smile.
Nangong Yue followed up and said, "Uncle, how much Huoxiang do you have at home?"
Yao Nong was a little dumbfounded, blinked his eyes in disbelief, and stammered: "These Huoxiang... Girls want it? These cost seven taels of silver..." He looked at the three of Nangong Yue and the others nervously, afraid of scaring them away up.
The drug dealer also stopped in his tracks, thinking: No way? The cooked duck is going to fly
The reason why the drug dealer came to collect Huoxiang was that the weather this year was unusually hot. In June and July, the price of Huoxiang might have a lot of room to rise. a sum.
Nangong Yue lowered her voice and whispered something next to Xiao Fei's ear, Xiao Fei nodded, and then said boldly: "Uncle, we will give you eight taels of silver for your Huoxiang, and we will take as much as you have left!"
Did he hear it wrong?! Yao Nong showed joy, but he didn't expect the pie to fall suddenly from the sky, but the drug dealer was so angry that he almost cursed, but in business, if he was negotiating with Yao Nong , these girls came to raise the price halfway, that is, they are immoral, but they all walked away...
The drug dealer rolled his eyes and thought of something, "kindly" went over and said: "Girls, please forgive me for talking too much, why do you buy so much fresh ageratum? This ageratum must first Only after being processed can the efficacy of the medicine be brought into full play. This processing is not ordinary drying and slicing. First, the stems and leaves have to be processed separately, and then they have to be exposed to the sun and night, and repeated until they are dry... I am just saying roughly now, In fact, every step is exquisite. If girls need Huoxiang, they should go to the pharmacy to buy the processed ones."
Xiao Fei didn't understand these concocted medicinal materials at first, but she listened with gusto and thought it was quite interesting.
Seeing Xiao Fei's expression, Yao Nong knew that she didn't know anything, so he hesitated for a moment and said: "Girl, this uncle is right, these Huoxiang must be processed before they can be used..." Although it is a pity that he lost the business, But you can't cheat the little girl.
This Yaonong is an honest person, Nangong Yue and Han Qixia glanced at each other, Han Qixia said: "Remove the residual roots and impurities, handle the stems and leaves separately, sieve the leaves and put them separately; wash the stems, moisten them thoroughly, and cut them into sections." , sun-exposed and night-stuffed, repeated until dry, and then mixed with leaves."
The drug farmer didn't know why, but the drug dealer was surprised, and looked up and down at Han Qixia in a blue dress: "So the girl is also knowledgeable, could it be..." What did the drug dealer think of, could it be which drug store this girl belongs to? Little lady, are they also trying to stock up on this Huoxiang
Han Qixia pursed her lips and smiled calmly.
The drug dealer's complexion changed. This great business opportunity cannot be snatched away by others. The drug dealer couldn't care about any principles anymore, and said to the drug farmer: "I'll pay nine taels, you give me all these Huoxiang! I'll take all the ones from your family too." He thought that the little girl had also proposed the same thing just now. I hurriedly added another one, "Next year, I will also accept your Huoxiang! How about it?! Our Lijia Medicine Store is the second largest medicine store in Luoyue City!"
The drug dealer proudly puffed up his chest, believing that the conditions he proposed would be extremely attractive to the drug farmer. As long as this Yao Nong is not stupid, he should agree to his terms.
Who would have thought that Yao Nong's next sentence would make him dumbfounded--
"No!" Yao Nong shook his head, "This business requires honesty!"
Yao Nong looked at Han Qixia solemnly and said: "Girl, since you are a knowledgeable person, I can rest assured. Since I promised you, of course I will sell all of my medicinal materials to you."
The drug dealer turned blue with anger, and said to the drug farmer at the top of his voice, "Hey! Are you stupid? You have nothing to do with Yinzi!" Then, he pointed at Han Qixia and the others angrily and said, "And you , I don’t care which pharmacy you belong to, if you fight against my Lijia pharmacy today, you don’t even think about having a meeting!”
He flicked his sleeves and left angrily, "It's really bad luck! I met someone with a mental illness!"
Yao Nong looked at the back of the drug dealer leaving, with a look of anxiety on his face: "Girl, did I implicate you? This Lijia Drugstore has quite a lot of influence in Luoyue City..."
Nangong Yue, Xiao Fei and Han Qixia looked at each other and smiled, honest people just make people feel soft-hearted, so please help if you can.
Nangong Yue gave Baihui a look, and Baihui stepped forward, and lowered her voice to give Yaonong two addresses. The few sacks of Huoxiang here will be sent to Lin's house first, and the rest of his family will be sent to Zhennan Palace...
Baihui gave the drug farmer a deposit of twenty taels, and followed the girls to continue shopping in the small market.
And that Yao Nong stood in a daze in the distance, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, he pinched his cheek and let out a cry of pain.
Isn't he dreaming?!
His Huoxiang was actually sold to the Zhennan Palace?!
In addition to Huoxiang, Nangong Yue bought more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials, and found a good-looking Polygonum multiflorum, and returned home with a full load...