King's Landing

Chapter 43: Shunfu Pharmacy
Ran Li's injury was not serious. He took a pill in the morning and applied some medicinal paste on the wound.By the time the two of them returned to the Shunfu Pharmacy opened by Yuezhang in the afternoon, their injuries had almost healed.

When Yue Yu unwrapped the temporary bandage for Ran Li, he couldn't help but wonder.On the one hand, he was surprised at the amazing resilience of the monster in front of him, and on the other hand, he felt that the wound medicine of this century was almost catching up with the military light wound spray of his era.What's more commendable is that the side effects of this drug are so small that they can be ignored, which is far beyond comparison in the world of his previous life.

Due to going out of the city to purchase medicines, Mrs. Yue Zhang did not stay in the store.There is only one shopkeeper and a few clerks in the lobby, and there is also a non-staff member Yue Bingqian, who is only 12 years old, sitting seriously behind the counter with a serious face.Seeing the admiration in Yue Yu's stomach, he laughed secretly again,

Yue Bingqian ignored him, and when she saw the two coming in, she turned her eyes away, looking extremely charming.Yue Yu shrugged indifferently, and led Ran Li straight to the back hall.It's not that he doesn't want to get close to this little girl, but seeing how she refuses to be seen thousands of miles away, he doesn't want to go over to make fun of himself.

And just when the curtain of the back hall was lifted, from the corner of Yue Yu's eyes, he saw Yue Bingqian standing up suddenly with a swollen face, facing this side with a hesitant expression.The smile in Yue Yu's heart grew wider, but he walked behind the curtain without stopping.

Their family's Shunfu Pharmacy also opened not far from the South City Gate.Due to the expensive land, both the storefront and the back hall are much smaller than the family's Yue Family Medicine Store.However, it may be because of the small scale of the business, coupled with Yue Zhang's talent in management, it seems that it is much more orderly than the chaotic situation at the clan pharmacy.

The first entry is the medicine storehouse, which is not as exaggerated as the big medicine storehouse that Yue Yu stayed in half a year ago with thousands of medicine cabinets and tens of thousands of drawers, but the total number is five or six thousand.Yue Yu would always set aside a few days every month to come here to identify medicines.But today, he didn't stop, but went straight to the back door and arrived at a patio in the backyard.Here, three large medicine stoves are standing here.

As soon as they saw the two coming, the dozens of apprentices who were busy here stopped what they were doing, and bowed to this side to salute.

"Master Yu, our side is almost ready, and we will start the furnace when you come!"

The person who spoke was about seventy years old, with white hair and white beard, who was the old pharmacist that Yuezhang invited back last time.His name is Zhuang Song, although he is very old, his voice is like a bell, and his steps are extremely vigorous, like a mature man.

Yue Yu nodded and motioned for the rest of the apprentices to continue working.Then he frowned and turned around, looking to the other side of the patio.As early as when he entered the pharmacy, he had already faintly heard the knocking sound coming from there.At this time, it was even more visible that there was a lot of dust in the sky above it.

Zhuang Song knew what Yue Yu meant by observing his words, and then smiled and explained next to him: "So that Master Yu can know that the mistress has bought the adjacent small courtyards at the back a few days ago, a total of 32 rooms. The tile-roofed houses are all going to be used as a place for medicine. To be honest, we do have a little less space in this area."

Yue Yu's eyebrows were raised slightly, it seems that what Yue Zhang was doing a few days ago may have already happened.On that day half a year ago, he was wondering why Yue Yunjie suddenly changed his attitude.It wasn't until I specifically asked for advice after returning that night that I finally understood.His mother's ambition is astonishing, Yue Yu only wants to buy medicine in Yuejia City, but Yue Zhangshi plans to build a sales network throughout Beimayuan.And at that time, through the relationship with the mother clan, some of the wound medicines produced were transported to Zhang's pharmacy in Licheng for distribution.And some small cities in the surrounding area are also under negotiation.

In fact, after deducting the labor, cost and freight, the profit is actually not much.But once this network is completed, it means a lot.According to Yue Yu's own estimates, in the eyes of the patriarch, what is more important is not the low-level martial artists hired by their family, but the impact on the entire regional pharmaceutical industry after the Yue Zhang family has established a sales network. .

When Yue Yu came to the pharmacy this time, he was actually planning to pass on the completed prescription of Buqi Pills to the pharmacists and apprentices here.But even with the addition of the manufacture of Qibu pills, there is no need to expand.The only explanation is that Yuezhang has already reached an agreement with those drug dealers in the surrounding cities.

"But what about the ashes?" Ran Li looked at the smoke and dust in the sky.He has been with this Yue Yu for almost a year, and he knows the process of making medicine like the palm of his hand.Know that the worst thing to avoid when boiling medicine is to mix it with dust and other sundries.

Hearing this, Zhuang Song saluted again: "Don't worry, both of you, the mistress has asked someone to check the weather before the start of work today. Today is the north wind, and the ashes from that side cannot come here."

Yue Yu was relieved after hearing this, although he looked a little worried.However, he also knew that although Zhuang Yu didn't have much talent in medicine, he could not be more straightforward and strict, if there was a problem.The first one who would jump out and stop the Yuezhang family from starting the construction was the old Zhuang.

At that moment, Yue Yu didn't pay any attention to it, and walked into the empty side room.There are dozens of barrels of thick medicinal juice that have been boiled early, and what Yue Yu has to do is to add them to the several large medicinal barrels in the center according to the proportion.Then the rest is poured into the sewer, and some are even poured out in whole barrels.

There is no awareness of patents in this era. If some secret recipes are not to be imitated, the only way is to use this stupid method.Originally, this was his mother's job, but these days Yue Zhang is too busy, and he hasn't learned how to prepare Qi Bu Qi Pills yet, so Yue Yu has no choice but to take part in the battle himself temporarily.

After all this was done, someone would carry out the wooden barrels by category, but spread them out as 'mother medicine' and kept them in the ice cellar.In terms of weight, they only account for a small part of the medicine, but they are the key to making medicine.Once prepared, it can be used for about five days.

And when Yue Yu walked out of this side room again, those apprentices had already poured part of the mother medicine into a large medicine furnace filled with various kinds of medicine juices, and then began to stir vigorously.Yue Yu walked over and put his hands on the medicine stove, checked the ingredients in the medicine juice, and then nodded secretly, this Zhuang Song deserves to be the person invited by the Yue Zhang family, and he really did his duty.The proportion of the medicine is not exactly bad, but it also exceeds the lowest standard in his heart by a large margin.

Next came the last three steps before making the medicine, but when the lid of the medicine stove was just closed, Yue Yu's ears moved slightly, and he heard a quarrel coming from the front.He looked at Ran Li again, only to see that the latter was also stunned.The two reacted in an instant, and both of them hurried towards the store, but just halfway there, they saw the shopkeeper anxiously calling their names and running towards the backyard.

Yue Yu shook his head secretly when he saw this. The shopkeeper's ability is good, but he doesn't have the kind of atmosphere that is always shocked.But in this small town, it seems to be pretty good, and I'm afraid you won't be able to find those who are too demanding.And then, Yue Yu laughed even more.

"You said someone was making trouble in our shop? Hehe, this is really strange——"

Yue Yu was really surprised, no matter how he is also the eldest son of the Yue family.In the entire city, except for those people in the clan who hold the most power, he is the only one who uses power to overwhelm others.Even those martial artists, as long as they are not members of the Yue family, have to live in this city with their tails between their legs, so who would dare to trouble him?

What's more, since Yuezhang's business grew, the number of martial arts masters sitting in the pharmacy has increased to eight.Ordinary people want to play wild, but also have to weigh their own weight.

"Master Yu, this time it's really difficult!"

Seeing that Yue Yu was still relaxed and at ease, the shopkeeper was even more anxious. "There are at least three martial artists who made trouble this time, and there is also the young master of Danyun City—"

When hearing the previous sentence, Yue Yu was still not moved.However, when he heard the word "Light Cloud City", Yue Yu's face finally became serious.

(End of this chapter)