20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 238 Red Pill [Additional Update 2]

In the north of Fengtian City, there is Ninghe Medicine Store.

The dilapidated house with rotten tiles and the sun behind it looks quite inconspicuous.

There is a red paper notice stamped at the door of the store - ancestral plaster, exclusive secret recipe, cures all diseases, one application will cure the disease!

Occasionally, a few smokers would pass by, crying and addicted. They would go in scratching their heads and come out satisfied.

After noon, a four-wheeled carriage, escorted by several people, clicked to the door.

The body is wrapped in iron sheet, with side doors that can hang down half of the steps. The interior of the body is also quite spacious, with cotton velvet cushions, making people feel stable inside. It is extremely comfortable and not as good as before.

Jiang Lianheng opened the curtain, stuck his head out, looked up and down, and couldn't help but ask: "Beifeng, please ask around, is this the place?"

Zhao Zhengbei patted his chest and vowed: "Hey! Brother Dao, don't worry! How can I do anything wrong? Besides, we have been investigating for five or six days. In the city, except for Hengrui and Rong Of the two pharmacies in An, theirs has the most brands of quit-smoking pills. If you want to look for other than these three, I’m afraid you’ll have to go to the Smoking Cessation Bureau.”

Jiang Lianheng nodded slightly, opened the car door, and waved: "Beifeng, let's go! Come with me in and play with him!"

"Yes! Play with him!"

When we entered the store, there were no customers inside, and the waiter on the counter was dozing off with his head on his head.

Zhao Zhengbei strode forward and patted the counter: "Hey! Why do you do business? Don't sleep!"

The clerk woke up suddenly and became very energetic immediately. He asked quickly: "Are you two here to get medicine or to see a doctor?"

"Selling goods!" Zhao Zhengbei looked at people with his nose, "Take out your signature goods and take a look!"

"Hey! OK, OK!" The clerk quickly turned around and took out a plaster from the medicine cabinet. "Do you two have a headache or a fever, or do you have diarrhea?"

Jiang Lian smacked his lips, pushed Bei Feng away, walked to the counter, and asked: "Do you have any smoking cessation pills?"

"Yes!" The clerk immediately stretched out his hand, "Do you have a brand?"

"what brand?"

"Smoker's license plate!"

Counting the number of smokers, issuing licenses, stipulating the number of cigarettes and smoking cessation pills according to individual circumstances, and giving up smoking within a time limit are measures that have been implemented since the previous dynasty.

Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but ask: "If you don't have a brand, you won't sell it?"

The clerk replied: "I can sell it, but the price will be doubled."

"Fuck, who are you looking down on?" Zhao Zhengbei couldn't help but mutter, "We can afford it no matter how much it costs!"

In Si Fengkou, Bei Feng is the youngest, arrogant and unstable. Now he has Brother Dao taking care of him, his sister-in-law loves him, and at the age of eighteen, he is full of energy and can easily become arrogant.

When the waiter saw his appearance, although he didn't say anything to contradict him, he laughed strangely and teased: "This young man really knows how to joke. No one said that you can't afford it?"

Jiang Lianheng pulled Bei Feng aside and said with a smile: "My brother, you are talking too much, so don't worry about it. By the way, is your shopkeeper here?"

"Here we are! We're eating in the back room!"

"Oh, please tell him, stop eating and come out to see me. I plan to discuss business with him."

The man thought to himself, “Who are these people?”

But when he saw that the visitor was wearing unusual clothes, he didn't dare to offend him, so he responded and turned back to the house to find the shopkeeper.

Jiang Lianheng took the opportunity to turn around and told Bei Feng, "You kid, please calm down!"

Zhao Zhengbei quickly took a step back and nodded in agreement.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out of the back room. He was in his thirties, wearing a brown satin gown. He had a thin face, high cheekbones, and a short chin. He had a goatee to cover his short hair. He was chewing his teeth. In front of the cabinet, he looked at the person coming up and down, and his tone softened slightly.

Seeing that he was well-dressed but the store was so shabby, Jiang Lianheng knew that the store was just a front and the shopkeeper must have another way to make money.

"Sir, what business do you want to discuss?"

"Smoking cessation pill."

"Hey! If you want to buy smoking cessation medicine, just tell the clerk." The shopkeeper was disappointed and turned to leave.

Jiang Lianheng quickly pressed it down and whispered: "Shopkeeper, I want a lot!"

"How much?"

"Let's look at the sign first."

The shopkeeper twirled his goatee, rolled his eyes, and asked: "There are four smoking cessation medicines: Fu, Shou, Kang, and Ning. Which one do you want?"

Jiang Lianheng smiled: "Take a look."

"Have a look?" The shopkeeper looked wary. He hesitated for a moment, but then waved his hand, "If you don't say that, you can buy it from another store!"

"Eh? Stop it!" Jiang Lianheng quickly took out two silver coins and stuffed them into the opponent's hands, "Two dollars, just looking at the goods, isn't it a loss?"

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper's attitude became even more resolute, and he quickly waved his hand to chase people away: "Let's go, let's go! Don't let me grind my teeth, Shunzi, let's see the guests off!"

When Jiang Lianheng saw this, his expression suddenly turned cold, but he said: "Zhang Sheng, if you do this, we won't be able to say nice things to you!"

"How do you know my name is Zhang Sheng?" The shopkeeper looked uneasy and said hurriedly, "I can tell you, if I dare to buy this thing, there is a way. Don't think about ripping me off, there is no way. !”

What he said was that Jiang Lianheng's subordinate Si Fengkou, who led all the small fans in the city, was a shopkeeper who opened his business and showed his face, how could he not understand the truth?

"I not only know that your name is Zhang Sheng, but I also know that you came to Fengtian Angen from Rehe seven years ago. You were originally a Pi Zi sect, selling wild medicine. You know some medical skills, but not much. You can only prescribe prescriptions for doctors. Just promise, you won’t die if you eat me. Am I right?”

The shopkeeper was slightly startled, straightened his clothes, and immediately clasped his hands in his fists: "May I ask, brother, which line is this? Can you make a clear statement?"

Jiang Lian Heng chuckled and said, "La Man'er, you eat a lot of things, you have to support yourself, Heng and Rong are half-assed."

After saying that, he quietly turned his face and coughed twice at Bei Feng - this boy, when it was time to make you crazy, you closed your eyes!

Zhao Zhengbei reacted a moment too late, then stepped forward and said, "Then you're asking! My eldest brother, he stepped on Zhou Yunfu, punched Bai Baochen, adopted father 'Hai Lao Owl', and on the line, who's coming?" Are you not allowed to cheer and call me 'Brother Dao'?"

Zhang Sheng was startled. He tilted his head and glanced at the carriage outside the door to confirm that it was correct. He quickly put on a smile and said, "Oh! It turns out to be Brother Dao! I'm sorry! To be honest, I've wanted to visit you for a long time. But I’ve never had a way or a chance, and luckily, I’ve been waiting for you to come here today!”

At this time, the waiter came out at an inappropriate time and said to Jiang Lianheng with a dark face: "You two, please leave."

"Fuck you!" Zhang Sheng scolded him, "Hurry up and make tea! Come to my room and pick out the tea. Don't be vague!"

After saying that, he turned his head again and said with a smile: "You are an old man from the countryside. He has stupid eyes and has never seen the world! Brother Dao, come and sit in our room!"

Jiang Lianheng said a few polite words, and then followed the shopkeeper to the back room.

Zhang Sheng kept talking for a moment while rummaging around in the room. When he turned around, he presented several smoking cessation pills.

"Brother Dao, I really don't know. It turns out that you are good at this, Yaxing, Yaxing! If you come today, I definitely can't let you go back empty-handed. Take these pills back and eat them first. Hey, Qian Don't mention money to me, I won't listen to that. When you finish eating, you can send someone to get it from me later, just treat it like we are making friends."

Jiang Lianheng glanced at the pill box, which contained about seven or eight pills, and asked, "How many of these do you have?"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Sheng asked, "Not enough? It doesn't matter if it's not enough. You can take it back and taste it first. If you like it, tell me later and I'll get it for you. That's it - you can get this business from me in the future." Thank you for your help."

"If it's not enough, I'm just curious to ask."

"Oh, it depends on what you want."

Zhang Sheng introduced them one by one according to the four qualities of happiness, longevity, health and tranquility. The cheapest Heping smoking cessation pill only costs a dime, and there are many other categories, including natural smoking cessation pills, Wushuang smoking cessation plum blossom ginseng tablets, Naian smoking cessation pills, British quit smoking essence...

The price of each pill is between two and three triangles, fluctuating up and down.

If you ask about the recipes, there are all kinds of recipes. Zhang Sheng, who is also an online veteran, doesn't hide it and directly picks out the ones that are just fake.

There is the cheapest one, which costs only a dime for three pills. It is made of Yimu ointment mixed with smoke ointment and dried ash.

There are also some that are made from ingredients such as cinnamon bark, dried tangerine peel, citrus aurantium husk, red dates, pig skins, etc. Its effectiveness is unknown.

Zhang Sheng stretched out his hand, split the pills on the table into two, and persuaded: "Brother Dao, I won't fool you. The few here are serious smoking cessation pills. If you really want to quit, come here; if you want to quit smoking at home, Just pretend, listen to me, you come here these few."

Jiang Lianheng was stunned: "What? These are these people who are not serious?"

"Hey! Brother Dao, this is a business matter."

The implication is that we can’t ask further.

If we are both in the same sect and can avoid cheating each other, we respect your reputation to a certain extent, but if you want to dig deeper, it will break the rules.

Jiang Lianheng naturally understood this, but he made up his mind to get to the bottom of it. He rubbed the pills with his two fingers and sneered: "It's mixed with tobacco, right?"

Zhang Sheng smiled secretly: "Hey, don't ask, just go back and try, you will know everything."

"Eh? Why didn't you tell me what this pill is called?"

Jiang Lianheng took out another smoking cessation pill from the medicine box, peeled off the paper packaging, and found a red pill.

Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "This one has no name, so it's called Hongwan."

Jiang Lianheng picked it up, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, then asked, "How much does this cost?"

Zhang Sheng stretched out his hand and said, "Five cents each."

"Why is it so expensive?"

"Brother Dao, don't look at it. It's expensive, but it's very powerful! Last year I sold it for seventy cents, and people bought it. Take it back, cut out three petals, and use one petal to cover the other six. Eat it! After eating, your waist will not be sore, your legs will not hurt, you will feel refreshed and you will be able to climb three floors in one breath without being out of breath!"

"Is this guy supposed to be suffocated to death?" Jiang Lianheng asked, "Imported private goods?"

Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "Oriental goods!"

Hearing this, Jiang Lianheng immediately put it down and wrapped it up again.

Although he didn't understand these things, he was absolutely sure of one thing - the Japanese always had bad intentions and should never be trusted.

The waiter brought three glasses of tea.

Jiang Lianheng asked again: "Shopkeeper Zhang, how many of these do you have?"

Zhang Sheng picked up the tea and said with a half-smile, "Brother Dao, it depends on how much you want."

"Are there any of them?"

"Pfft!" Zhang Sheng choked immediately and said in shock, "Brother Dao, are you going to use him to make porridge or something?"

"Just tell me if you have."

"No! Don't say I don't have it. In Fengtian, except for the Japs, if there is a second family that can produce so many, you can just cut me off immediately."

Jiang Lianheng said thoughtfully: "According to what you say, are there any Japs?"

"It's useless!" Zhang Sheng shook his head, "Qian'er [-], the quantity is too big, even if you are rich, the Japanese will not sell it to you."

"What?"

"Brother Dao, think about it, the devils can't keep such a good thing in their own hands? If you want to flip this thing, you have to get a franchise from them, you have to have a license, just that piece of paper , after one year, I will be rich!"

Jiang Lianheng raised his eyebrows: "So - you are also selling this privately? Where did you get it?"

"Hey! Brother Dao!" Zhang Sheng quickly raised his hand, "If you can get the Japanese franchise, that's your job. With or without me, you can find out if you want. But you asked me about the source of the goods. , don’t say that I am refuting your face, you are just digging into my roots!”

No wonder Zhang Sheng refused, but any person with higher qualifications and a bigger body would immediately turn against him after hearing these words.

Jiang Lianheng also knows the rules. If he can say this, he is naturally prepared.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm not here to dig up your roots. I'm here to water and fertilize you."

"Huh?" Zhang Sheng was stunned, "How do you say that?"

Jiang Lianheng chuckled and said: "Before I came here, I made inquiries. In Fengtian, apart from the official camp, the three drugstores, Hengrui, Rongan and your Ninghe, have the largest variety of smoking cessation pills and the largest quantity. "

Zhang Sheng remained silent. It was not difficult for Jiang Lianheng to find out this kind of news.

Jiang Lianheng continued: "Shopkeeper Ma from Hengrui and shopkeeper Xie from Rongan are not from Guandong. They are both old Fengtian people. Their business and connections are deep-rooted. How can you, a foreigner, be where you are now?" , the ability is definitely not small.”

"Thank you Brother Dao for your love!"

"Don't worry! But I also heard that recently, Shopkeeper Ma and Shopkeeper Xie have been working together to suppress you, paying huge sums of money to rob your supply of goods and cut off your wealth. Am I right?"

What you said is true!

In fact, it was precisely for this reason that when Zhang Sheng saw Jiang Lianheng, he flattered and fawned over him in every possible way. As a person who had just come to Fengtian and had no deep foundation, he just needed a backer.

On the other hand, Jiang Lianheng, if he wanted to get involved in this business, he would have to take many detours without someone to guide him.

Although he has a leading position in Fengtian, the two drug stores Hengrui and Rongan are clinging to the business. If Jiang Lianheng interferes, it will destroy people's wealth and kill their parents. Shopkeepers Ma and Shopkeepers Xie will definitely It is impossible to let go easily.

Now that the overall situation in Fengtian has been decided, there is no room for further use of swords and guns.

After much thought, Ninghe Medicine Store, which ranked third, became the best candidate for cooperation.

Zhang Sheng has been running around for a long time. After hearing this, he immediately guessed the other party's intention. He pondered for a while and then asked: "Brother Dao, how can we make this happen?"

"This matter is not urgent for now." Jiang Lian leaned back in his chair, "I have to have someone check the quality of your thing first!"

"Test! Brother Dao, go and test it as you wish!"

"Then you can open my eyes and give me some guidance first?"

"Brother Dao, I don't know how many hands this thing has changed hands after I got it." Zhang Sheng said with a bitter smile, "If you really want to do this business, ask me about the source of the goods. It's of no use. It will be passed on in the middle. The less, the better. When it comes to the source of supply, there are only two places. I don’t know who owns the head of this one. I only know one place."

Jiang Lianheng lowered his voice and asked, "Where is it?"

"Liaonan, Yingkou."

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