A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 16 Yongkang Mansion
With the opening of the big order of bezoar, the old shopkeeper did not dare to underestimate and fool Huaiyu. Musk, ginseng, bear gall, and snake gall were all he could choose, and the price was indeed not false.

Huaiyu is also very professional, and the old shopkeeper admired his knowledge of these medicinal materials. He also asked about Huaiyu's medical heritage, and even wanted to ask Huaiyu to come to their clinic when he was free. Some prescriptions are sold in pharmacies.

Huaiyu smiled and refused, Chinese medicine is very particular about secret recipes, this is the ability to eat, who would pass it lightly.

It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Li Sanniang didn't even bat an eye.

However, Huaiyu was relieved when he saw that the materials he had bought were all extremely precious medicinal materials. Although there were artificial bezoars in later generations, the price of natural bezoars was getting higher and higher. One kilogram can sell for more than 100 million yuan. Natural musk, bear gall, snake gall, and wild ginseng are all the same, and money is hard to buy.

Lao Dao has many precious ancient secret recipes, but because many medicinal materials are too precious and difficult to buy, they have to be improved and replaced with other common medicinal materials, such as artificial bezoar instead of natural bezoar, buffalo horn instead of rhino horn, Angelica dahurica instead of natural musk, Codonopsis pilosula and sealwort instead of ginseng , Tiger bones and leopard bones are replaced by sarcocarp, antelope horns are replaced by goat horns, pangolins are replaced by earthworms, cordyceps is replaced by wolfberries, etc., the efficacy of the medicine is actually greatly reduced.

"Can I get the medicine dispensed now?"

"No, I still need to buy some more herbs." Huaiyu took them directly to the Kang'alu Mountain Medicine Store, where they bought borneol, agarwood, myrrh, frankincense, cloves and many other herbs.

It cost hundreds of thousands more, and these spices and medicines are also extremely expensive, because they are basically transported and sold by the Sogdian merchants in the Western Regions from the Western Regions thousands of miles away, but these spices are not produced in the Western Regions, but The Sogdians bought them from the Persians and Tianzhu people. Many spices were actually sold by Tianzhu merchants from the Nanyang Peninsula or Sri Lanka. They went around in circles and were more expensive than gold.

Huaiyu bought several other fragrant medicines from another Hu medicine shop, Arongshidian.

Then I went to another large pharmacy, Wan Fuxiang, to buy more than a dozen kinds of herbal medicines such as Panax notoginseng, Sanyucao, white cow gallbladder, panshanlong, Chonglou, and safflower.

Turning around, I went to two other pharmacies to buy a lot of borneol, realgar, cinnabar, aconitum, galangal, thistle, dried ginger powder, salvia miltiorrhiza, white chrysalis, mole cricket, renzhongbai, astragalus, angelica, etc.

I visited six or seven big pharmacies and bought a large amount of medicines.

Finally, I bought some kudzu powder, lotus root powder, glutinous rice, flour and so on.

Li Sanniang didn't ask too much, and every time she just asked the other party to go back to the house to find her to pay the bill, without paying back the price.

"Is it all picked?"

"Just buy some tools for dispensing medicine."

"it is good."

After finishing the shopping without stopping, Li Sanniang took Huaiyu directly to Pingkang Square on the west side of the East Market without any leisure to go shopping.

Li Jing's Yongkang mansion is located in the southeast corner of Pingkangfang, occupying a large area.

They brought big and small bags of medicine into the mansion, Huaiyu has been staring at those medicines, worth nearly a million dollars, that is nearly a thousand guan.

Even if it was the Li Jing family, this should be a lot of money, but Li Sanniang didn't even frown. Huaiyu bought whatever she said, even if she bought the same thing in two stores, she didn't say a word.

Siqi followed Huaiyu, "You bought these medicines in different stores just now, do you not want others to know your prescriptions?"

Huaiyu smiled, "Actually, it's useless even if you know the ingredients of the prescription. In addition to the compatibility of the monarch, minister and assistant, the most important thing for a good prescription is the dosage. Different dosages have different effects."

"The main medicine is the king, the assistant is the minister, the minister is the envoy, the main medicine is the key medicine for the disease, so it is called the king. The king has few flavors but heavy weight, and it is the main one. Assistant. The king thinks that the minister has a little more taste and a little weight, so it is not advisable to accept the king. Those who respond to the minister are called envoys.

In one party, the king's medicine is indispensable, but the servants and envoys are also very important. "

"What's more, the medication must be symptomatic first, and it must be adjusted according to the actual symptoms."

Although Huaiyu didn't say that he was preventing the pharmacies from guessing his prescription from his medicines, he was indeed very cautious. Each pharmacy bought a batch of medicines, and the ones he bought were not formulated for one kind of medicine.

Li Sanniang took Huaiyu straight to her yard.

The people in the house looked at the Huaiyu she brought back, and they were very curious.

"Who is that person?"

"It looks so fair and clean, which is quite a sign."

"Why is he dressed in a crimson official uniform? Could it be that he is a foreign official in the department?"

"Even if he is a low-level foreign official, he is not a high-level official. How can he be worthy of our little lady?"

"That's right, where did you come from?"

Which son of a famous family would be willing to wear that crimson official uniform and surrender his status?Generally, the children of famous families are not the students of the embassy, ​​at least they are the students of the Imperial Academy. If they are not good enough, they will be the three guards or the prince's marriage account. How can they be Zhuyi officials?

Huaiyu followed Sanniang into the mansion, and found that Li's house was really a mansion, estimated to cover an area of ​​one hundred acres, with large and small courtyards overlapping with gardens, lotus ponds, and rockery.

Li Qing has her own courtyard in the Yongkang Mansion, and she is actually a third-in-law. She lives in the Yongkang Mansion in Chang'an most of the time, although her grandfather Li Duan also has a house in Chang'an, and his father and brother live there. , she also has a house there, but most of the time she lives in the Yongkang mansion.

"Erlang still needs help or something, just ask."

Huaiyu was also not polite, and arranged for people to finish the various medicinal materials, such as grinding and grinding, and he was responsible for the compatibility.

Li Sanniang specially gave Huaiyu a study room in the front yard, and asked him to work there alone to show the secrecy of his prescription.

Huaiyu wants to give the Li family Zhibaodan, Feilongdan and Shengyudan. These three medicines are a set. Zhibaodan is mainly used to stop bleeding and remove blood stasis from internal and external injuries. Feilongdan is mainly used to detoxify and reduce inflammation. of.

I bought a lot of medicinal materials, but Huaiyu still made some suggestions to Li Sanniang. The three kinds of medicines are made into upper, middle and lower grades respectively. The best medicinal materials are used for the top grade, such as bezoar and yellow heart yellow, and the middle grade is better. For example, the top-grade bile yellow is used for bezoar, and the lower-grade pills are replaced with those of a similar age or quality, such as loose yellow liver yellow for bezoar.

"In this way, we can not only guarantee the quantity and quality of some high-grade pills, but also prepare more middle- and low-grade pills."

Top-grade medicines must be given priority to the main characters of the Li family, such as Li Sanniang’s father, brother, and uncle, etc. The middle- and low-grade medicines can be distributed to other generals, or they can be used according to the severity of the injury. It is only used for serious injuries of the top grade.

"Just follow Erlang's order."

Huaiyu asked: "I bought a lot of medicinal materials this time, have they all been prepared, or should I leave some of them to prepare other medicines in the future?"

"It's all ready. Brother Ye is wounded and trapped at Ningguan. There are thousands of soldiers who are also trapped there. They also need it. In addition, my uncle is guarding Xiaoguan. The army must also urgently need this kind of good wound medicine. "

Li Sanniang was not stingy about the medicinal materials worth nearly a thousand guan, and planned to make them into medicines. Not only would they be used by her family, but the rest would also be donated to border guards.

Huaiyu gave her a thumbs up: "Third Lady is so forthright and righteous, I admire her, I will start to prepare."

Li Sanniang's yard became a medicine shop. She took her maids and maids outside to process various medicinal materials according to requirements, and finally sent them to the door of Huaiyu's study. Take it to San Niangzi and they mix it with arrowroot powder and then process it into pills for easy carrying and storage.

For convenience, directly make large pills, one pill a day, seven pills in a bottle, and take three to five days for a course of treatment depending on the symptoms and conditions.

Hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, and blood-enriching, three sets, can also be used alone, all are Chinese patent medicines, relatively speaking, it is relatively convenient, and does not need to be decocted, it is more convenient if it is convenient on the battlefield.

Huaiyu did some calculations and found that the top-grade Zhibaodan medicinal materials prepared cost the most, and a bottle costs tens of thousands of dollars. The main ingredients here are bezoar, musk, ginseng, etc., which are more expensive, and the best medicinal materials are used.A bottle of middle-grade to precious pills would cost several thousand dollars, while a bottle of low-grade pills would cost hundreds of dollars.

There are only seven pills in a bottle, and each of the top-grade pills can be worth more than 1000 yuan, just like golden beans.

The pills are prepared, wrapped in paper, and then sealed with wax and put into bottles. The top grade is made of porcelain bottles, and the middle and low grades are made of bamboo tubes.In order to distinguish, Huaiyu still uses the name of Baodan for the high-grade wound medicine, the middle-grade one is called Baibao Dan, and the low-grade one is called Jiubao Pill.

However, even the most inferior Nine Treasure Pills are better than Huaiyu's in Zhongnanshan. After all, bezoar, musk, and ginseng are all natural, even Panax notoginseng and thistle are of excellent vintage.

(End of this chapter)