Daxianguan

Chapter 497 Spring Plague
Li Ji was taken aback, then thought of something, and said: "In Liangzhou, the largest medicine shop is Yaowangtang. In fact, behind this Yaowangtang is Yaowang Temple. Of course, there are some small ones besides this Medicine shop, but its scale is far smaller than Yaowang Temple, so generally speaking, you buy medicinal materials from Yaowang Temple, because they have the most and the most complete ones.”

"Is it the Medicine King Temple?" Chu Xian pondered. According to Su Wenzheng, there is this Medicine King Temple among the six alliances, and its strength is definitely the crown of the six alliances.

If you think about it, you know that only by monopolizing some necessities can you obtain the greatest huge profits.

Generally speaking, salt administration is run by the government, and private individuals are not allowed to sell it, but medicinal materials are different, because there are many types, and the prescriptions for treating ailments vary from place to place, so it is impossible to restrict them. Some knowledge and techniques can be used to collect various medicinal materials from mountains and forests, and because it is related to people's livelihood, it is even less likely to be controlled by officials.

Since ancient times, there are many gold and silver in medicine shops.

The meaning of these words is self-evident, as long as you have a headache, you have to get medicine, and this thing will not feel sorry for money, even if it is some poor people, find some cheap prescriptions to get medicine, go back and get a medicine jar. Boiling can also treat some diseases.

"There are also medical clinics in various cities. In the medical clinics, there are also medical officials who have entered the official code. Could it be that they are not useful?" Chu Xian said, and Li Ji said: "Of course medical officials can be useful, but they can't stand people. That's too much, even if there are more than a dozen medical officers, they can't handle it. What's more, the most troublesome thing about this kind of Spring Plague is that it can be contagious. If one person gets sick, the whole family suffers. It is really difficult to control. The best The solution is to take the medicine according to the prescription for treating spring plague, and then make cold dispelling soup, but the medicinal materials in this prescription are all money."

Chu Xian understood, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with this kind of thing for a while, so he could only let Li Ji go back first, and then think of a way.

Chu Xian has a lot of business recently. Even when Chu Huang and Luo Fei rushed to Shacheng the day before yesterday, it was Li Ziwan who went to meet An. Although Chu Huang would not blame Chu Xian, Chu Xian felt a little guilty. After busying myself for a while, I spent a good time visiting Liangzhou with my mother-in-law, but I didn't expect that something like Spring Plague would happen again.

At this moment, Chu San ran over in a hurry, saying that something had happened.

In a street in Shacheng full of shops, Li Ziwan was arguing with a pharmacy clerk in a pharmacy that said "Yao Wang Guan".

The pharmacy clerk was obviously very arrogant, and he yelled directly: "Girl, do you want to buy it or not? If you don't buy it, get out of the way, and don't block the customers behind."

Li Ziwan was obviously very angry at the moment, she said: "You have to abide by the rules when doing business. In the past few days, the price of medicinal materials in your pharmacy has doubled, and there is no reason for the price increase. The people are complaining. You earn so much money." Can black-hearted money have a good conscience? '

The guy sneered: "I said, you little girl, you talk a lot of nonsense. It's still the same sentence. If you can afford it, you pay for the medicine. If you can't afford it, you can go and stay where it is cool. We are hindered from doing legitimate things. Business, as for your conscience, hmph, how much money is it per catty?"

Arrogant.

Quite arrogant.

Li Ziwan's complexion was ugly. She originally wanted to ask why the price of medicinal materials had suddenly increased, but she didn't expect the other party's attitude to be overbearing, as if she would buy it if she liked it, and if she didn't buy it, she would put it down. Of course, Li Ziwan was very annoyed.

"Recently winter has come and spring has come, and spring plague is raging. You doubled the medicine money. This kind of thing, the ancient medicine shop didn't bother to do it. It's money from black hearts. Who is your shopkeeper, let him come to see me." Li Ziwan is also the daughter of a medical fairy, and now that the road is uneven, she has to meddle in her own business, especially when it comes to the medicine business, she is even more angry.

In the circle of medicine shops, she, Li Ziwan, is definitely the number one person. Although she has always been in Jingzhou, which is far away from Liangzhou, medicine shops have always been a family and follow a rule.

Help the world and save people.

This is the rule set by the medical ancestors back then. The descendants, as long as they eat medicine and a doctor's bowl of food, must follow it. This is the rule.

But today, when she saw such unruly fellow travelers, she was of course angry, and of course she had to take care of her.

When the guy heard that this was going to cause trouble, his eyes turned cold, and he shouted behind him: "Don't buy medicine, someone is here to ruin the situation, copy it for me."

After finishing speaking, seven or eight strong and powerful men came out of the medicine shop immediately, carrying sticks one by one, and their posture was not easy to provoke.

By Li Ziwan's side, today she just followed Concubine Luo and San Chu. Concubine Luo knew something was going to happen just now, so she asked San San to call for someone first. Now that the other party wanted to make a move, Concubine Luo would step forward.

Li Ziwan pulled Luo Fei back, and then looked at the people in the medicine store: "I just want to make a point, not to cause trouble, you should call the shopkeeper of your medicine store, I have something to ask him."

What is Li Ziwan's status and cultivation level, so how could she be afraid of these people.

So she was very imposing, and those guys saw that this beautiful and outrageous woman was so calm, it seemed that she was not an ordinary person, and they didn't dare to do anything at the moment. At this time, the shopkeeper of the medicine store came out.

The shopkeeper of this medicine king temple is different from other medicine shops. The shopkeepers of medicine king temple are Taoist priests without exception, Taoist priests of medicine king temple.

They are proficient in medical science and pharmacy, and they have pharmacies all over Liangzhou and several other states, almost monopolizing the source of medicinal materials in various places. Other small pharmacies are not opponents of Medicine King Temple at all. Medicine King Temple can even easily crowd out other pharmacies.

Naturally, if you become the boss of an industry, you will learn to be tyrannical and domineering, especially the Taoist priests of the Medicine King Temple.

At this moment, after the shopkeeper of the pharmacy came out, the guys around rushed forward to salute one by one, calling for Master.

Obviously, these guys are all outer disciples of Yaowangguan.

"Why, is someone making trouble?" The shopkeeper asked coldly after he came out.

Just now the guy hurriedly explained what happened, and the shopkeeper immediately showed disdain: "The price of medicines sold by the medicine store is naturally determined by the medicine store. Could it be you who set the price? If you say you don't spend money, is it really worthless?" Take? How can there be such a thing in the world? Yes, the price of medicinal materials has increased recently, but there is no way to do it. Now that Spring Plague is coming, medicinal materials are in short supply. As the so-called supply is less than demand, it is normal to raise prices. , although you should do good deeds, you still have to eat, right? You said that during this period of time, the price of rice and oil has soared, and even the price of vegetables has increased. So, why can’t the price of medicine be increased? It is necessary to feed five people for a day, but now, it costs more than two taels, the cost has increased, of course we have to make up for it in the price of medicine, otherwise, our business would have collapsed long ago."

The shopkeeper was obviously very eloquent, and with a few words, he took them into reasoning, as if it was only natural for them to increase the price.

However, this kind of talk is okay for laymen. Li Ziwan is an expert among experts. At this moment, she said in a cold voice: "It's just arrogance. The medicine business is about huge profits. Let's say ephedra. I received it in my hand, and I got a tael of silver." A big bag, more than a dozen catties, can be sold, but it is sold as two, and the price has increased by more than fifty times. Even if other prices have skyrocketed, the medicine store is still profitable, and it will not be less, not to mention, the medicine Taoist According to the rules set by the ancestors in the past, in order to save the world and save people, the money for medicines is only for food and clothing, at least the price cannot be raised, you are not following the rules."

"Hehe, you little girl is still an expert." The Taoist sneered: "It's useless to say so much, it's still the same sentence, this is the price, buy it if you can afford it, and trouble the next person if you can't afford it. If you make trouble out of reason, then our Medicine King Temple is not a vegetarian."

Li Ziwan still wanted to speak, but Chu Xian had already arrived.

In fact, Chu Xian has been here since just now, and he has been observing in secret. Before he came, Chu Xian knew that the price increase this time was not only for the medicine store that Yaowangguan belongs to, but also for other pharmacies. Price, so it's just making trouble here, it doesn't make any sense.

Chu Xian was dressed in casual clothes. He had never seen him before, so he had no idea that this was the governor of Liangzhou.

After Chu Xian came, he was also very straightforward, pulling Li Ziwan away.

Seeing that it was Chu Xian, Li Ziwan didn't resist, and Luo Fei followed and left, and the conflict was over.

When he arrived at a place where there was no one around, Chu Xian stopped, turned his head and asked, "Zi Wan, are you deliberately trying to trouble Yao Wang Guan?"

Li Ziwan smiled: "You can see this, yes, I heard that the people in the Medicine King Temple deliberately raised the price of medicinal materials, which is simply disregarding human lives. Now that the Spring Plague has arrived, it is time for a large number of medicinal materials. Raising the price at this time is making black-hearted money, I don't like it, so today I'm going to find trouble, if you don't come, Luo Fei and I will smash their broken medicine shop."

After Li Ziwan finished speaking, Concubine Luo nodded beside her.

But obviously, Li Ziwan didn't know that she had been betrayed by Concubine Luo, because Concubine Luo secretly asked Chu San to call Chu Xian.

Presumably, Luo Fei also knew that it was not appropriate to make such a disturbance.

"Chu Xian, you are the governor, can't you take care of this kind of thing and let them mess around." Li Ziwan asked.

Chu Xian shook his head: "If it could be controlled 200 years ago, the price of the drug store had to be controlled by the government at that time, and no more or less would be acceptable. It is up to the market to decide whether to sell high or low, each family decides for themselves, because if the price of one family is high, people will naturally go to another to buy, but now, Yaowangguan almost monopolizes the Liangzhou medicine world, so they say Everyone has to raise the price, and no one dares not to listen."

When Li Ziwan heard this, she became even angrier: "They are so rampant, so we need to take care of them."

(End of this chapter)