Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 146 Salicylic Acid

Zhang Chen and Wang Xue are a couple. They were lucky enough to qualify for the sixth test and entered the game together.

Zhang Chen originally wanted to be an adventure player, but after fighting in the game a few times, this weak scholar found that he was not suitable for the battlefield at all.

Zhang Chen decided to go farming with Wang Xue.

Wang Xue originally played Datang Fengyun as a farming game like "Harvest Story", but after entering the game, Wang Xue realized that to become a lord requires contribution points.

These six-test and seven-test players like them haven't saved enough contribution points to strengthen their own attributes, and they can't save so many contribution points without a few months of liver.

Moreover, the contribution points needed by the district chiefs of Xizhou are double the contribution points that are exchanged for the district chiefs of Shazhou. Nowadays, there are many players who want to become district chiefs. Without contribution points, there is definitely no chance.

But Zhang Chen couldn't ride a horse to fight, and the two of them didn't have any business skills. After half a month in Shazhou, they couldn't save many contribution points.

However, Zhang Chen and Wang Xue both studied pharmacy, and after reading the posts on the forum, they finally understood their usefulness.

The best way to make money is to give full play to your professional expertise!
But Zhang Chen and Wang Xue are both studying Western medicine, why should they go to the books of Chinese medicine?
Now in Shazhou City, several player medical centers have been opened.

However, those doctors are all studying Chinese medicine. Relying on the relatively mature Chinese medicine system of later generations, the business of these players' medical clinics is booming.

But it was too late for Zhang Chen and Wang Xue to learn traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, Zhang Chen suddenly thought of a famous drug—aspirin.

Aspirin, a broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory pain reliever, is a very versatile drug.

When aspirin first came out, this drug almost swept the world and became a life-saving magic drug.

Moreover, Zhang Chen and Wang Xue also discovered that modern industrial aspirin is chemically synthesized, but in the early days aspirin was extracted from plants.

The main active ingredient in aspirin is salicylic acid, a compound found in willow and poplar bark.

The earliest aspirin was extracted from willow bark!

And through the videos taken by other players, Zhang Chen discovered that there is a large willow forest beside Gaochang City!
This is why Zhang Chen and Wang Xue came to Gaochang City. They planned to build a workshop in Gaochang City to extract salicylic acid from willow bark and make salicylic acid medicine.

The young lovers are still very mobile. After they arrived in Gaochang City, they found that such a large willow forest was within the scope of a village called Liulinli. The village chief of this willow forest was also a player. reported to take office.

Zhang Chen and Wang Xue rushed to Liulinli immediately, and they were surprised to find that the leader of the players in Liulinli was actually the player they were riding in the carriage together.

As soon as Zeng Mu arrived in Ren Liulin, he met two players who came to his door.

Zeng Mu was also very surprised. He had just taken over Liulinli and hadn't figured out the situation. He planned to tidy up the village before posting a post to recruit players who wanted to open workshops.

Unexpectedly, two players came to the door, and these two players would come to Gaochang with Zeng Mutong.

Fate is really ingenious, Zeng Mu asked: "What kind of workshop are you going to open?"

Zhang Chen and Wang Xue were stunned for a moment, and then Zhang Chen said, "We want to open a pharmaceutical factory."

"Pharmaceutical factory?" Zeng Mu's eyes lit up, the pharmaceutical factory is huge profits!
When I was in Shazhou, some village chiefs in Shazhou knew how to grow medicinal materials, which was much more profitable than farming.

Hearing that Zhang Chen and Wang Xue were going to open a pharmaceutical factory, Zeng Mu naturally welcomed them.

He immediately said, "No problem, how much land do you want?"

land?
Zhang Chen thought for a while, they were still in their infancy, starting with laboratory preparations, a few houses would be enough.

About one or two acres of land is enough, right?

Zhang Chen held up two fingers.

Twenty acres?
Is twenty acres of land enough to plant medicinal materials?

But seeing that Zhang Chen and Wang Xue only have two players, Twenty Mu can let them try first.

Zeng Mu immediately said, "I'll give you twenty acres!"

Twenty acres?
Zhang Chen was frightened by Zeng Mu's words. He originally only needed two acres of land to build a laboratory, but Zeng Mu gave him twenty acres of land at once.

Wang Xue was still more clever, and she immediately said: "Then thank you Chief Zeng!"

Coming out of Zeng Mu's village office, Zhang Chen said, "Xue'er, what do you need for such a big place? We can just build a laboratory."

Wang Xue said: "You are a nerd, but Mr. Zeng thinks long-term. If our industry grows bigger, we must produce industrially. Give us the land first to facilitate the construction of factories in the future."

Only then did Zhang Chen nod and said, "Yes, that's right, Xue'er still thinks in the long run, so let's quickly build the laboratory. As long as we can produce some laboratory products, we can expand the scale!"

The laboratories of Zhang Chen and Wang Xue have relatively high requirements. Although a sterile environment cannot be achieved in this era, they are still making medicines, so they must be clean.

So Zhang Chen and Wang Xue contacted Qin Chuan's construction company, hired the player's construction team with the remaining contribution points, and built a two-story laboratory.

After that, Zhang Chen and Wang Xue hired villagers and collected a lot of fresh wicker.

While the two were tinkering with willow bark to extract salicylic acid, Zeng Mu also ran through the entire willow forest to find out the situation in the entire willow forest.

There are 260 households in Liulinli, fully double the population of Yixiali.

And compared to Yixiali, which is full of orphans, widows, mothers and young children, because Gaochang is an upper county, the army is relatively sufficient, and the imperial court is not as ruthless as Shazhou.

Therefore, there are still many adult men in Liulin, which is worthy of being a rich Xizhou. This start is much better than that in Yixiali.

The land in Liulin is relatively rich, so it should be well developed.

But it happens that the people in this place have a lot of food, and every family is so poor that they can't open the pot.

According to Zeng Mu's investigation, the poverty in Liulinli lies in the willow forest surrounding Liulinli.

To get in and out of the willow forest, you have to pass through this willow forest, but this willow forest belongs to an old Gaochang nobleman in Gaochang City.

This willow grove is of no use to that nobleman, it's just a hunting ground for spring and autumn hunting, and he doesn't come here a few times a year.

But if you want to get in and out of the willow forest, you have to go through the willow forest.Several times in Liulin Li wanted to build roads, but was rejected by the nobleman.

And the caravan entering and leaving the willow forest will be exploited by this noble lord. Over time, there will be no caravans in the willow forest, and it will be inconvenient to enter and exit, so it will become poor.

(End of this chapter)