A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 15
Outside Chunming Gate,

Everyone accepted the inspection and lined up to enter the city.

The sound of drums could be vaguely heard, Li Sanniang said to him: "The drums in Dongshi haven't stopped yet, we came just in time."

"What drum?"

Siqi explained to him at the side: "All the shops in Chang'an City are concentrated in the east and west cities. The drums in the middle market are beaten three hundred times a day, and the shops start to open. Seven quarters before sunset, the gongs are played for another three hundred times. The shops are closed and the market is closed, Erlang, don’t you know this?”

"I've been in Zhongnan Mountain before, so I don't know about these things." Huaiyu brought up this universal reason, but he was confident and not afraid of doubts.

Chunming Gate is in the east of Chang'an City, after entering Zhengdaofang, it is Dongshi.

The guards at the gate of Chang'an are much more elite than those old and disabled in Sanyuan. They wear iron armor and hold spears, as well as bows and knives.Inspections are required when entering and leaving the city, especially right now.

Mrs. Li San directly reported the name of Yongkang Gongfu, and took out a sign, and the gatekeepers politely let him go. Huaiyu was still wearing a crimson official uniform and a black Jiebei, and she was also a member of the Gongmen. This is a pass, no need What passed the public inspection, he was still with the Li family, so no one checked him.

When I arrived at Dongshi Fangmen, I went through another inspection. The main thing here was to check the goods. It seemed that there was a tax on the goods.

"Let's buy medicine."

"The little one takes the lady."

"No, we'll go to the pharmacy by ourselves."

Siqi has been following Huaiyu, acting as his guide, knowing that he has just come down from Zhongnan Mountain, so he has been making introductions by the side.

"There are pharmacies in both the east and west cities of Chang'an, and they are all centralized operations. The ones in the east market are called medicine shops, and the ones in the west city are called medicine markets. There are many medicinal materials."

Rich in the east and rich in the west.

There are a large number of royal relatives, nobles and high-ranking officials living in the surrounding areas of Dongshi, so the consumption in Dongshi also tends to be mid-to-high end, especially the luxury goods that are unique to Dongshi.

Relatively speaking, West Market is more inclined to daily necessities, especially wholesale at low prices.

It was the first time for Huaiyu to enter Chang'an, and it was also the first time to visit the market in Datang. There was also a market in Sanyuan County, but it was too small. Except for some people in the morning, there were not many people in the rest of the time, and there were not many products.

The entire Dongshi is different from those square districts, occupying two squares, so instead of a small cross street inside a big cross street, it is a well-shaped four streets divided into nine square grids, and each grid has a well-shaped street and then a small nine-square grid. .

"Line 220 in Dongshi is all operated by branches. Let's go directly to the medicine store."

The medicine shop is in the southeast corner.

This kind of large market is full of people. Chang'an City is so big, there are more than 100 squares except the two cities, all of which are surrounded by walls. There are no shops or stalls on the streets outside the squares. Open doors and windows across the street on the square wall.

There are basically no shops in the square, and they are all concentrated in the two cities. One can imagine the excitement of the two cities.

What's more, the two cities of Chang'an are also the largest commodity wholesale trading center in the Gyeonggi region.

Li Sanniang took them directly to Dongshi Medicine Store, where there are one or two hundred medicine stores operating together, one next to the other, basically called medicine shops, dealing in various crude and cooked medicines, and also consulting doctors, or the former The model of Dianhoufang is a model that integrates the acquisition, processing, consultation and treatment of medicinal materials.

Small drugstores are only about ten square meters, medium ones are about twenty square meters, and large ones are about thirty square meters. Some shops have workshops behind them, and some workshops have warehouses and houses behind them.

They took Huaiyu directly to the largest pharmacy, the Song and Qing pharmacy. The storefront is very large, consisting of several large shops, and it looks powerful.

"There are three largest medicine stores in Dongshi Medicine Store. The first one is the Songqing Medicine Store. The medicinal materials here are the best, but also the most expensive. The other two are Arongshi Medicine Store and Kang'a Lushan Medicine Store. They are all pharmacies run by Hu people, and they are all opened by Sogdians from the Western Regions, they have a lot of herbal medicines and spices in their pharmacies, if you want to buy spices and herbal medicines, you can come to these two shops, there are many types and complete."

As soon as they entered the Song and Qing Pharmacy, staff immediately came up to welcome them.

"Whatever medicinal materials Erlang needs, just tell them to buy the best ones, buy more, and I will pay for the medicines." Li Sanniang spoke domineeringly.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper at the counter came out to greet her personally. He also recognized Li Sanniang. This young lady from the Yongkang government usually likes to visit the market, and often buys some fragrant medicines, algae beans, ginseng and deer patch from them. Yes, big money.

"Hello San Niangzi, we have recently formulated a new face medicine, which is made of precious spices such as agarwood, antler gum, musk, etc. It is used to wash the face and hands every day, which can make the face white and smooth and have a unique fragrance that lasts for a long time... ···”

The bath bean noodle medicine is the most popular among ladies and daughters, and the profit of this stuff is super high. All major pharmacies will keep developing some new prescriptions and actively sell them. Dou Fangzi is also absolutely secret, although it is not a cure, but it makes money.

"I'm not here to buy these."

She introduced Wu Huaiyu to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, I want to buy bezoar, musk, ginseng, bear gall, snake gall, toad cake, and pearl." Huaiyu said a dozen kinds of medicinal materials in one breath.

"Bezoar is best to have gallbladder yellow, chicken-egg-shaped and complete slow-yellow, it is best to hang black gold clothes, not loose-yellow, round-yellow, or processed and powdered.

Tube yellow, liver yellow do not.

If you have heart yellow, horn yellow, and raw yellow, it is the best, and it doesn't matter whether it is slow yellow, round yellow, or loose yellow. "

"Don't use pig sand to pass off bezoar, and don't use broken yellow mixed with sugar to pass off slow yellow and round yellow."

Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief and shocked the shopkeeper.

Calculus bezoar is the most expensive kind of Chinese medicinal materials. It is very rare and has high medicinal value, so it is very precious. Even a cheap pair costs several thousand dollars, and the expensive ones cost tens of thousands. It is taken out from the body, and because there is no killing, it is like a god, so it is also called Shenhuang. It has a smooth shape and bloodshot outside.

The one with the best quality is worth a hundred cattle, and even raw yellow with poor quality can be worth ten or twenty cattle.

Ordinary people don’t understand this, they only know that bezoar is obtained from cattle, but this bezoar produced in the gallbladder is called bile yellow, produced in the bile duct is called duct yellow, and produced in the liver duct is called liver yellow.

There are even those who peel off the heart are called heart yellow, and those who get it from the horn are called horn yellow.

Heart yellow and horn yellow are the best, while bile yellow is the commonly used one.

This is not only produced in different places, but also in shape and size, scattered and broken, round yellow of different sizes, and slow yellow with a complete appearance like chicken eggs.

Some drug dealers even fake it in order to make money. They not only use tube yellow liver yellow to fill gallbladder yellow, but even mix loose yellow with other things to make round yellow or even slow yellow.

There are also those who directly use pig litter, that is, pig bile yellow, to pass off as bezoar.

The water here is too deep.

As soon as Huaiyu came up and opened his mouth, he let the old shopkeeper know that he had met an expert. Although he looked at this young man, he didn't dare to be careless.

Seeing the shopkeeper's attitude before and after, Siqi also knew that Huaiyu's words must be very powerful, so he chimed in, "Shopkeeper, this is a master who has practiced with an expert in Zhongnan Mountain for many years. He is proficient in medicine and medicine. Don't act recklessly, otherwise you will offend our Pingkang government."

"Don't dare dare." The shopkeeper said quickly.

"The small store is the largest pharmacy in Chang'an. It is most famous for its good medicinal materials and its honest management. Pharmacists from all over the country have good medicinal materials. Which one is not the first to sell to us. And when we sell medicines for consultations, we will never be second-guessed. That's good. This gentleman wants top-grade bezoar, and our small shop can choose whatever he wants."

The probability of producing bezoar is very low, about one in a thousand. Only one out of a thousand cattle may produce bezoar, and its location, size, and quality are not fixed.The big bezoar is one or two catties, and the small one is only a few liang.

However, it has sedative, analgesic, antipyretic, and anticonvulsant effects. It has a strong effect of clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and dispelling stagnation, and can also strengthen the heart and fight inflammation.

Absolutely rare good things, more expensive than gold.

The old shopkeeper directly took out the bezoar from the pharmacy and let Huaiyu choose it. Even the legendary Shenhuang, there is a pair here, which is their treasure and priceless.

The better the quality of the medicinal materials, the better the efficacy of the medicine.

Although Li Sanniang was not short of money, the shopkeeper also said that Shenhuang was just for viewing and not for sale.

In the end, Huaiyu picked some precious horn yellow and heart yellow, and then mainly picked some gall yellow. The horn yellow and heart yellow are all loose yellow, while the gall yellow is a good quality slow yellow.

Not much to pick, but the price is amazing.

A pair of good-quality gallbladders can cost tens of thousands of dollars depending on the size, and although the horny yellow heart yellow is loose yellow, it is more expensive than good gallstones.

"Two horn yellows, two heart yellows, and six gallbladder yellows, totaling 30 yuan."

Hearing the price, Huaiyu was not too calm, three hundred guan, only ten pairs of bezoars.A yellow heart only weighs [-] yuan, which is more expensive than gold. After all, a gold tael is only worth [-] yuan now.

He looked at Li Sanniang, but Li Sanniang just said, "Is it enough? I'll buy some more. Do you want raw yellow? I can directly ask the shopkeeper to call my boss, Song Qing."

"30 yuan, these!" Huaiyu reminded her.

"You don't need to bargain when you seek medical advice. Good medicine must be expensive." Li Sanniang didn't think it was expensive at all, and said directly to the shopkeeper, "Old rules, come back to the mansion and ask me to settle the money."

Three hundred guan is a lot of money, and you can buy a large house in Chang'an, but for Li Qing, it is a life-saving medicine for her father and brother, and the key is that she can afford it.

"Don't be afraid to spend money, buy more."

"That's enough. Bezoar is just a medicine, and one pill doesn't take much."

(End of this chapter)