Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 136 Acquisition of a Pharmacy Store

As soon as Shan Zhao arrived at the barracks, Ye Juelu pulled him on his horse and drove him back without even drinking. Seeing his cold face, Shan Zhao seemed really angry, so he quickly explained the matter clearly.

Shan Zhao's mouth went dry as he spoke, and Ye Juelu's expression calmed down, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "I understand."

Ming Lanying ordered a few girls randomly according to the high price, and let people release the news. The princess thought that the girls were very good, she was very satisfied, and intended to invite them to visit the palace again in five days.

Before they had time to be happy, they saw Ye Juelu galloping back.

The horse's hooves trampled across the street, and everyone on the roadside saw his frozen face, filled with murderous aura, and trembled in their hearts.

As soon as the servants saw that the prince had returned, they rushed to report to Ming Lanying.

Ye Juelu hurried into the main courtyard, and He Bai who rushed over after hearing the sound only had time to see his hurried back, and Shan Zhao, who was behind him like a tired dog, raised his foot and kicked him in disgust.

"Hey! Isn't it? You went to spread a message and ended up like this?"

Shan Zhao glared at her, raised his hand and patted her feet away, stretched out his hand dryly for water, the servants at the side quickly handed over a pot of water, Shan Zhao took it and poured down the pot before he was relieved .

"You are stupid! Young master, I can sing and sing every night! I have been driving for several days without sleep, and you are more stupid than me! When the prince heard that the concubine's sister-in-law wanted to take twenty concubines for him, My face turned black, tsk tsk tsk—fortunately, I explained quickly."

He Bai pointed at the closed gate of the main courtyard in surprise, "Then he rushed in just now and closed the door behind him. Could it be that his angry sister-in-law made it up on his own? My brother was still angry on the way back?"

Shan Zhao scratched his head and said uncertainly, "Isn't there?"

"No, I'll go and have a look, but don't hit my sister-in-law."

He Bai climbed over the wall and onto the roof, followed closely by Shan Zhao. As soon as they got on the roof, they heard whimpering coming from the house.

Although Shan Zhao had never eaten pork, he had heard pigs screaming, his ears were very sensitive, and he heard the suspicious sound of water and panting, his complexion immediately changed, and he blushed unnaturally.

He Bai thought his brother had really made a move, so he covered his mouth and was about to rush in, but Shan Zhao hurriedly grabbed her, covered his mouth and dragged her away.

"Mmmmmmm!?"

He Bai looked at him in disbelief, Shan Zhao blushed and awkwardly dragged him to the garden before letting him go.

He Bai pushed him away violently, "What are you doing! I'm going to save my sister-in-law!"

Shan Zhao grabbed her, blushing inexplicably, "You, you don't go, the prince didn't do anything! Wait for an hour...or two hours! They will come out, anyway, it's okay! Children, don't interfere! "

He Bai was confused, "What are you talking about? Why do you have to wait two hours? My brother doesn't attack lightly or harshly, and my sister-in-law is too delicate and delicate to be beaten! Why don't you save her now? What are you waiting for!" If you’re too late, you’ll be beaten!”

Shan Zhao didn't know how to explain the following words, so he pulled her with a red face and refused to let go.

"I can't go anyway!"

"Why are you crazy? My brother has already done it!"

"My lord didn't move! My lord moved his mouth!"

He Bai: "...Huh??"

Shan Zhao didn't know what he had imagined, his handsome face was already flushed, and He Bai was stunned in a daze.

"Move your mouth? Did they quarrel?"

When Shan Zhao met He Bai's clear yet somewhat foolish eyes, the heat in his heart instantly went out.

Helplessly, he raised his hand and ruffled her hair, "You'd better forget it. For your own good, just wait here. Rushing in will ruin the prince's good deeds."

"Speak clearly, what are you doing with your hands and feet!"

The two also went on missions together, knowing that Shan Zhao would not harm her, they were curious and didn't rush in, and fought with him with bared teeth and claws.

In the middle of the fight between the two, the two who had disappeared for a quarter of an hour suddenly reappeared, Shan Zhao was so frightened that he paused, and He Bai grabbed the opening and threw him down.

He Bai sat straddling him, pressed his neck with one hand, and grabbed his arm with the other, humming and laughing twice in triumph.

"You brat, my aunt is holding you down! I want you to ruin my aunt's hairstyle!"

He Bai started to break his hair bun, Shan Zhao struggled hastily.

"You! You drive first! The prince and concubine have come out!"

He Bai was stunned, and looked up, and saw Ye Juelu and Ming Lanying standing not far away. Ming Lanying looked at the two fighting jokingly and whistled a gangster.

"You two have a good relationship! You can roll into a ball in the garden, like a big cat that hasn't been weaned."

Shan Zhao immediately blushed, "My lord, why did you... come out so quickly?"

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, "What else? Let's just discuss something."

If their lips weren't so bright and their eyes weren't red, Shan Zhao would have believed her words.

Shan Zhao's suspicious eyes wandered over Ye Juelu's body, and Ye Juelu frowned, always feeling that his eyes were very subtle, which made people uncomfortable.

"Seeing that you have a good relationship now, the marriage will not be withdrawn, so that General Shan won't worry."

"Hey!" Before Shan Zhao could speak, He Bai exclaimed, and hurriedly got up from him, "That won't work! One size fits one size! How can brothers be husband and wife!"

Shan Zhao glanced at Hebai with a strange expression, "Yes..."

He Bai didn't realize it, and was still scanning Ming Lanying, "Sister-in-law, did you quarrel? Did my brother hit you?"

"Why did he beat me?" Ming Lanying looked at the two of them strangely, "Okay, it just so happens that he is back, and he can deal with the matter directly, so don't be idle and bring someone to help."

"Oh."

He Bai scratched his head, looked back and forth between the two, and always felt that there was something strange between them.

When the prince came back, Ming Lanying happened to invite the eight girls she had chosen to have a meal again, in the euphemistic name of performing in front of the prince before entering the mansion, so as to impress him.

Ye Juelu looked at her with a half-smile, "Eight? Madam, you can't bear the loneliness, so you found eight people to accompany you?"

Ming Lanying chuckled, "No way, they gave too much."

Ye Juelu bit her to vent his anger, and said in a low voice: "When you are willing... I will deal with you properly!"

Ming Lanying pinched his waist. She didn't pinch the flesh, only the muscles that were so tight that it hurt her hands.

She is not a lustful person, not to mention that she and Ye Juelv are in a relationship now, and the reserve and hypocrisy in her heart makes her not want to let him get his hands so easily.

He Bai sent the news in person, without leaking anything, the eight girls came to the palace again the next day as guests, arousing the envy and jealousy of other people who knew the inside story but were not selected.

The lake in Wangfu is very big, big enough to take a leisurely boat trip. The water surface clearly reflects the blue sky and white clouds. When the breeze blows, the water surface has small ripples, sparkling.

The Orioles of the Ming Dynasty held a banquet in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. The sparkling water surface and sunlight refracted on the glazed tiles, and the shallow water ripples were also reflected on the pillars in the pavilion. The light gauze flutters with the wind, which is gentle and romantic.

Ye Juelu sat next to Ming Lanying, and even without saying a word, the girls could blush. Ming Lanying introduced the girls to Ye Juelu one by one, and asked them to show off their housekeeping skills to Ye Juelu look.

The girls were so energetic that their eyelids almost twitched with their flirtatious looks, but Ye Juelu continued to serve Ming Lanying without changing his expression, not even bothering to raise his eyes.

After one person's performance, they began to criticize mercilessly, and each person said a word, and the girls who said it couldn't hold back their expressions and were about to cry.

"The smell of rouge is stronger than that of a brothel, and the movements are too stiff, more like a zombie, don't."

"The hair is disheveled, the expression is distorted, like a female ghost, are you going to scare me to death?"

"The voice is hoarse and ugly, wild ducks can sing better than you, shut up."

"My hands are like chicken feet, and my handwriting is not as good as Ning'er's. Go home and practice."

"Play chess? I don't have time to play chess with you. Who can I show my face to? Go out and find someone to play chess with you."

"Wearing so little? Did you catch the wind and cold and infect the princess? Drag it out."

None of the eight girls could match his good looks. They all looked at Ming Lanying with aggrieved and tearful eyes.

Ming Lanying: "..."

Ye Juelu glanced at her, and said sternly: "If the concubine chooses these things for the king, then there is no need to carry them into the mansion. The king is not hungry enough to start with the useless things."

The girls immediately broke their defenses, covering their faces and weeping softly, but they didn't dare to scold him directly. They were the ones who were superior, so they could only babble in a low voice, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Ming Lanying had no choice but to end it for him, humbly apologized to Ye Juelu in front of everyone, and coaxed the girls nicely, asking Manager Wang to pick some redundant and useless things from the warehouse as small gifts to comfort them. Wounded mind.

After sending them off one by one, when the matter was over and the door was closed, Ye Juelu immediately took her back to the room and took the time to whisper.

The battle on the front line has just stopped, but it's not over. He doesn't have that much time to stay in the palace. After two days of rest, he has to rush back to confront the general of the neighboring country.

Ming Lanying was still worried about whether this matter would affect the marriage plans of these girls later, so Grandma Cai smiled lightly.

"The princess is too worried. You only released news to praise these girls, and invited them to the palace for tea. You didn't release any news that you would bring them into the mansion as concubines. It will not affect them at all. Please give me some guidance." Maybe it will help them get married, after all, she is a good girl that even Princess Yanbei is satisfied with."

Ming Lanying was relieved now, now that no one was watching the backyard of the palace, she also took the opportunity to make a fortune, plus a part of the funds returned by Ming Langtao.

With the funds in hand, Ming Lanying immediately arranged for Guanshi Wang and Nanny Cai in the front yard to take Meng Huaisu to discuss the acquisition of a medicine shop.

Ming Lanying was busy sorting out the accounts of the stolen money. How to use it was a matter for Ming Langtao and Ye Juelu. She was just an accountant. She spent a few days sorting it out and then left it alone.

Concentrate on studying the acquisition of pharmacies, she only accepts pharmacies but not clinics, Mr. Zhao pointed out a few small pharmacies that are easy to talk about.

"There are people behind the big drugstores who are struggling to collect, and the price is still high. It's better to charge more for small drugstores, which are similar to big drugstores. Moreover, there are more shops and more medicinal materials. Small drugstores also have regular herbal pickers to supply. The quality of the medicinal materials of several companies is worse than that of big pharmacies, so put more thought into it, so you don’t have to knock on big pharmacies.”

Ming Lanying thinks it makes sense, she just wants to stockpile medicinal materials, all relying on the medicinal materials accumulated by Dongxia and Mr. Zhao, which is far from enough for the frontline consumption, naturally, the more medicinal materials shops, the better.

The purchased pharmacy will not be completely changed, the pharmacy shopkeeper can be kept, the quality of medicinal materials is very important, but it is just a re-employment of the pharmacy shopkeeper, the pharmacy will be under her name in the future, and the losses and profits will naturally belong to her.

Yanzhou is quite big, and several towns are not too far apart. There are more than 30 pharmacies, large and small. The big pharmacy Ming Lanying doesn’t care about it, and there is no small pharmacy. More than 20 small pharmacies have been collected by spending money. , everyone in the shop who could stay signed the deed.

More than 20 small pharmacies were consolidated, and their own people were left to help take care of and follow-up the transportation of medicinal materials. After a long time of work, the weather turned cold and autumn began to show signs.

Ming Lanying began to be busy with the accounts of these pharmacies again, and she also had to prepare the future plans of the pharmacy, and consulted Mr. Zhao and Dongxia from time to time.

Dongxia scratched her head and said with some embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, I only know about medicinal materials and treatment. I don't understand the planning of this pharmacy either!"

Ming Lanying pulled her to sit down and said earnestly: "I don't understand either. I don't know about medicinal materials and treatment. Why don't we discuss it with you, a knowledgeable person? The drug store mainly purchases, processes, stores, and sells medicinal materials. , but I don’t know anything about which season, which medicinal materials are more or less, and the value of the medicinal materials. Let’s think about it together and make these medicine shops better and better! They can be used by us and can also be used by the frontline soldiers. "

Dong Xia thought about it and nodded in agreement. She doesn't know how to run a pharmacy, but she still understands medicinal materials. After all, generations have been dealing with medicinal materials and medical skills.

She has only learned half of Mr. Zhao's medical skills. Minor ailments are not a problem, but serious illnesses or intractable diseases are a little bit of a problem. However, she can recognize medicinal materials earlier than she can read characters, and she is very proficient.

Ming Lanying took the ledger, and discussed the source, value and storage method of the medicinal materials in the ledger with Dong Xia one by one.

Seeing Dongxia talking endlessly, Mr. Zhao became confident when he talked about the fields Dongxia was familiar with, and stroked his beard in relief.

Since following Ming Lanying, Dongxia is no longer a submissive person. Even if she gets married, she will play wildly with Ming Lanying and He Bai. Ming Lanying is so good that she will not shirk rejection now, but Keep it all in mind, even if you work harder, it will be good for her.

In the evening, Meng Huai went back to pick up Dongxia after going back to work, only to see two people muttering in a stack of paper ledgers.

Mr. Zhao signaled him to keep quiet, "Ming girl is busy with the medicine shop, discussing medicinal materials with Dongxia, please wait, this book in their hands is almost finished."

Meng Huaisu nodded, "It is indeed a good time for the princess to purchase the drug store. The military rations and armaments are sufficient. However, the number and types of supplementary medicines sent by the emperor are not enough. The war ahead has changed. In order not to cause more casualties, only our rear Supply medicinal materials.”

Mr. Zhao narrowed his eyes, "Is there a change ahead? What plan has the new emperor of the neighboring country come up with?"

Meng Huaisu said in a low voice: "General Tuoba from the neighboring country didn't want to fight with us. He pretended to be pressured by his superiors and was discovered by their new emperor. General Tuoba has a heavy army in his hands. The new emperor has just ascended the throne not long ago. , the military power cannot be regained for the time being, and the morale of the army is not stable. The new emperor dared not do anything to General Tuoba, so he arrested his family and threatened him."

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