Legend of the Knight

Chapter 107

Pharmaceuticals are a very long line of work.

The medicinal materials that have just been collected are called raw medicines.

Although some crude drugs can be directly used as medicine, most crude drugs need to be processed.

This process is called medicine.

After being made into medicine, the crude drug can be turned into a usable medicinal material.

The efficacy of medicine depends not only on the medicine itself, but also has a lot to do with the quality of the preparation.

The Pharmacy Classic says: "Pharmacy is moderately expensive, if it is not enough, the efficacy will be hard to find, and if it is too much, the smell will be lost."

The methods of making medicine include picking, picking, kneading, rubbing, grinding, brushing, scraping, pounding, planing, peeling, cutting, pounding, knocking, grinding, winnowing, basket, sieving, splitting, sawing, pricking, squeezing and other items.

A drug farmer can only complete the rough processing of part of the medicinal materials at most, while the disciple of Shennong Baicaomen must understand the whole process. It takes at least five or six years for an apprentice to become a skilled worker.

Only skilled workers are eligible to become official disciples.

Among them, in the pharmaceutical process, an indispensable and important auxiliary material is salt.

Salt can be used not only for soaking and pickling, but also for frying with salt. In the process of making medicine, a huge amount of salt is used.

Although Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen only produces the low-priced Baicao series of elixir, the sales volume is very large, so the demand for salt in the pharmaceutical workshop is also very large, and almost a thousand catties of salt are used every month.

That's why I bought three hundred catties of salt at once.

The trading of private salt in ancient pharmaceutical workshops is just like the trading of drugs in modern pharmaceutical companies.

Similarly, once these two acts are detected, the consequences are very similar.

That's why Huang Xiaoshi was so angry.

These three hundred catties of private salt are enough for the government to directly level the Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen. There are hundreds of people in the whole family, and none of them can escape.

When Lao Zhang saw Lao Xu's appearance, he was heartbroken, and he said to Lao Xu: "Master Shi and I have both read the accounts. On the day of No. 19 this month, the chef just went to buy five catties of salt. Account, the price of salt has risen.

On the day of NO.20, [-] catties of salt were brought in at the old price.It shows that this salt is not official salt at all. "

When Lao Xu heard it, he immediately understood, and he said to Huang Xiaoshi: "Master Shi, listen to me.

No matter how deceived I am, Old Xu, I dare not buy private salt.

I just ate some filial money, I really dare not buy private salt!
Yes, it's Ma Erwa. I gave him the salt, and he bought it!

I'm going to call him in for a confrontation! "

Lao Xu struggled to go out, but was stopped by Huang Xiaoshi.

"Old Xu, kneel down for me." Huang Xiaoshi said to Lao Zhang, "Old Zhang, go and call Ma Erwa."

After a while, Lao Zhang came over with a young man. As soon as the man saw Lao Xu kneeling on the ground, he froze for a moment, then turned around and wanted to escape.

Huang Xiaoshi's figure flashed behind Ma Erwa, he was as swift as a gust of wind, as fast as lightning, he stretched out his hand and tapped Ma Erwa's back a few times, Ma Erwa's lower body instantly lost consciousness.

When it comes to acupoint acupuncture, Huang Xiaoshi is a professional. In the current arena, he ranks second, and no one dares to rank first.

Ma Erwa, whose lower body was hit as hard as a rock, was broken by Lao Zhang, and Huang Xiaoshi closed the door tightly.

This hut is the innermost courtyard of Shennong Baicaomen, no matter what happens here, it will not be transmitted to the street.

Because the gatekeepers never came into this yard, even if they heard any noise from inside, they would "not hear".

This yard was left to him by Huang Xiaoshi, this is the rule.

……

"Ma Erwa, tell me, did you buy illegal salt!" Old Xu asked Ma Erwa with a heartbroken anger, with half of his face swollen and his tongue out.

"Xu, Master Xu, I..." Ma Erwa understood everything when she saw this battle.

Xu Youcai has won the trust of Huang Xiaoshi, so Xu Youcai is in charge of purchasing all raw materials of Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen Pharmaceutical.

Gradually, Old Xu became a little drifting. He subcontracted the procurement rights under his command to other people, which not only saves trouble and worry, but also gives him a little tribute money every month.

But what Lao Xu never expected was that someone would dare to buy private salt in order to make more money.

An extremely important source of the court's taxes was salt and iron.

Among the salt sold by the government, [-]% of every catty of salt is the cost of salt production, [-]% is the profit of the trafficker, and the remaining [-]% is all tax.

Because private salt is not taxed, it is equivalent to the buyer and seller sharing [-]% of the salt tax privately. Usually, the price of private salt is only half of the official salt.

Under the scrutiny of Huang Xiaoshi and Lao Zhang, and seeing Lao Xu's swollen face, Ma Erwa knew that she was in trouble.

"Master Xu, I, I did buy some private salt and mixed it in." Ma Erwa said to Old Xu embarrassingly.

"What's wrong, how much did you buy in total?" Lao Xu asked Ma Erwa.

This Ma Erwa is also a smart person, since he dares to eat private salt money, he must have a slippery brain.

Shennong Baicaomen is a big user of salt, and there is a fixed number of people going to the government to buy salt every month. This must not be faked.

If there is less salt to buy in any month, the government will know immediately.

Ma Erwa secretly bought the part of Shennong Baicaomen's increase in production after he took over and turned it into private salt.

In this way, gods don't know, ghosts don't know, the government doesn't know, and Lao Xu doesn't know.In addition to filial piety money, I can save several taels of silver a month.

"How much did you buy in total?" Old Xu asked impatiently at Ma Erwa, "Tell me!"

Lao Xu stretched out his hand to Ma Erwa's face, which was the sole of a shoe.

Guanzhong thick soles, pumping on the face is not much different from wooden boards.

Ma Erwa was dizzy from the pumping of the sole, he stammered, "Four, four or five thousand catties..."

Ma Erwa's words shocked even the well-informed Huang Xiaoshi.

Four or five thousand catties.

There's no way this thing can get better.

"One last question, where did you buy the private salt?" Huang Xiaoshi pushed Lao Xu away and asked Ma Erwa.

Ma Erwa dodged Huang Xiaoshi's gaze, lowered her head and said, "The wharf of Tiangangmen."

I ×.

Huang Xiaoshi asked Ma Erwa in detail, the ins and outs of buying private salt, and the details of each transaction. Huang Xiaoshi reached out and tapped the dumb point on the back of Ma Erwa's head, and then said to Lao Xu and Lao Zhang : "Go get a table of vegetables and buy a few more jars of wine.

You two eat first.In the middle of the night, pour a few jars of wine down the guy, and then throw it into the well in the yard. "

When Huang Xiaoshi said this, Ma Erwa's eyes rolled, and he burst into tears while staring, and the muscles all over his body were so stiff that he couldn't move.

Huang Xiaoshi hates people who dare to show off their skills and make waves because they don't have the ability to capsize, because whether they capsize is not based on skill at all, but on luck.

People's luck cannot be good all the time.

Huang Xiaoshi's capsized boat is an extreme event.

This kind of human wave overturning is an inevitable event, and they have never considered what will happen once the wave overturns.

What's more serious is that Ma Erwa can't bear this incident at all. Such a terrible event will inevitably drag Shennong Baicaomen into trouble.

Even Huang Xiaoshi had to consider whether he would be implicated in Shennong Baicaomen when he went to prostitute himself. This guy actually hung hundreds of lives on his waist and died at will.

Huang Xiaoshi is the branch head of Shennong Baicao Sect, if he doesn't enforce the family rules, the branch will be disbanded immediately.

Huang Xiaoshi needs to go out immediately, he is going to check the place where Ma Erwa confessed.

Killing Ma Erwa to silence her is the top priority.

As long as Ma Erwa's mouth is silenced and the way of private salt is cut off, there will be no proof in the future, and there will be no way to investigate.

As for Huang Xiaoshi's investigation, it was just a matter of passing.

He just wanted to see if the way of Tiangangmen was really good.

……

The pier of Tiangangmen is not in Luoyang City, but on the Yellow River to the north of Luoyang City, about 80 miles away from Luoyang City.

After leaving Luoyang City, Huang Xiaoshi galloped along the official road. Although he also learned how to ride a horse, the horse is not the kind of portable mount in the game. He will gallop away from the field of vision when he whistles. Come.

It is more convenient to use your own feet.

In less than an hour, Huang Xiaoshi had arrived at the wharf of the Yellow River.

This pier is very large, with four berths, one of which is dedicated to Tiangangmen.

Tiangangmen is in the department store business. Simply put, it sells everything.

Some people look down on the department store business, thinking that the business of jade and jewelry is the tallest.

In fact, in terms of profit and long-term stability, jade jewelry is not as good as department stores.

There were people and vehicles on the pier, so it was very lively.There are large and small boats parked on the surface of the Yellow River, some waiting to unload their cargo, and some unloading their cargo, letting people go ashore to enjoy themselves, and waiting to pay their bills by the way.

Huang Xiaoshi slowly moved forward with the crowd, and when passing by the Tiangangmen Wharf, Huang Xiaoshi turned on [Warrior Perception] and flashed hard.

With the spread of Huang Xiaoshi's perception, all the things within a radius of ten feet were exposed, and Huang Xiaoshi "saw" the things that were stacked squarely under a pile of cloth.

However, there were more surprises than that. Huang Xiaoshi accidentally found out that there was a master on board.

What was more unfortunate was that Huang Xiaoshi didn't retract his power when he started sensing, and used the maximum power, which naturally shocked the martial artist on the boat.

In an instant, the auras of the two were connected, as if there was an invisible straight line connecting the two.

Anyone who has never been to the north has heard such a rumor: as long as the eyes of two men meet, then a fight is inevitable.

And between two warriors, it is not uncommon for this kind of "what do you look at" and then slash them with a knife.

This is not a temper tantrum, but a protection of one's privacy.

People who don't pay attention to protecting their privacy and let their enemies find out about themselves generally don't live long in the Jianghu.

This is also the reason why Gong Guangjie repeatedly warned Huang Xiaoshi not to send out his perceptions indiscriminately, if he didn't pay attention to a master, it would be too late to cry.

Today, Huang Xiaoshi unexpectedly found a master.

At this moment, Huang Xiaoshi was in a bad mood, if someone wanted to make an appointment, he would just let out the evil fire in his heart.

Huang Xiaoshi stood quietly on the bank, he watched the black boats in the river, and adjusted his breathing.

After a while, when the curtain on the boat was lifted, it turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Brother Huang." Lu Shaolin stood on the boat and greeted Huang Xiaoshi on the shore loudly.

As soon as he saw Lu Shaolin, Huang Xiaoshi instantly understood and understood many things.

For example, where and how did the private salt piled up on the pier come from.

Obviously, Tiangangmen, Jinfeng Escort, Haisha Gang, this is a complete private salt trafficking gang.

If Huang Xiaoshi's guess is correct, Tiangangmen is in charge of sales, Goldwind Escort is in charge of trafficking, and Sea Shark Gang is in charge of salt production.

No wonder that thick-skinned Xiong Tianba got the money to buy kerosene and thunderbolts.Just relying on fishing to catch all the fish in the sea can't make up so much money.

No wonder Lu Shaolin felt like returning home when he entered the brothel. The money he gave away was enough to buy a few of the Yichun Courtyard.

Well, no, the money is not earned for them.

If Huang Xiaoshi's guess is correct, the Golden Wind Escort and the Sea Shark Gang have already been taken down by King Cheng, and he only keeps a small amount of the private salt money they earned, most of which are actually raising military expenses for King Cheng.

Thinking of this, Huang Xiaoshi's aura has long since dissipated.

They are all from my own family, if you want to vent your anger, it will be too much.

After all, compared to what everyone is going to do, it's just a few thousand catties of private salt, it's just a drizzle.

At most, Huang Xiaoshi should restrain his disciples.

……

Lu Shaolin was exercising the kung fu in the boat, when he suddenly sensed that there were experts on the shore probing this side, Lu Shaolin's heart tightened, and he rushed out of the black boat with the sharp knife beside him.

As soon as he saw Huang Xiaoshi standing on the shore, Lu Shaolin felt relieved.

I don't know what's wrong with Huang Xiaoshi, but seeing Huang Xiaoshi was really a coincidence. Lu Shaolin happened to have a very troublesome matter and wanted to ask for help.

It's inappropriate to talk too much here, after Lu Shaolin put the sharp knife back into its sheath, he casually exchanged some polite words with Huang Xiaoshi, then pulled out two fast horses, and took Huang Xiaoshi to Luoyang City for a drink.

I don't know why Lu Shaolin is so polite, but Huang Xiaoshi knows that Lu Shaolin doesn't simply want to drink.So, Huang Xiaoshi suppressed his words, followed Young Master Lu on his horse, and ran towards Luoyang City.

After returning to Luoyang, Huang Xiaoshi took Lu Shaolin back to Shennong Baicaomen.

Arriving at Shennong Baicao Gate, Huang Xiaoshi said "wait a moment" to Lu Shaolin, he got off his horse and walked quickly towards the gate.

Walking back to the room in his small courtyard, Huang Xiaoshi saw a big table filled with wine and vegetables.

Beside the table, Lao Xu and Lao Zhang were drinking together, and beside them stood a wooden stake, which was Ma Erwa who was about to be thrown into the well after dark.

The dishes were not touched much, but the wine was drunk a lot.

Both Old Xu and Old Zhang were worried, and they drank to relieve their boredom, and the more they drank, the more bored they became.

Bang, the door was pushed open, and Huang Xiaoshi walked in.

As soon as Lao Xu and Lao Zhang saw Huang Xiaoshi coming back, they stood up with a whoosh.

Huang Xiaoshi walked to Ma Erwa's side without making a sound, stretched out his hand to unblock his acupuncture points.

Ma Erwa, who had stood tense for a long time, his acupuncture points were released in this way, his whole body softened, and he fell to his knees and collapsed with a plop.

"Master Shi, spare your life, Master Shi!" Ma Erwa howled dryly.

"As for you, you're lucky. I happened to meet an acquaintance today, so I think it's better to let you go. If anyone else knows anything about today's matter, you will go to the well in the middle of the night. Do you know?" Huang Xiaoshi said to Ma Erwa.

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoshi turned his head and said to the two people who were looking at each other: "Old Xu, Lao Zhang, take care of this kid, don't let him run away. I'm going to have dinner now, and I'll talk about things when I come back tonight."

Huang Xiaoshi turned around and went out again, today he was going to take Young Master Lu to eat the mutton pot in Keyuelou.

(End of this chapter)