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Chapter 58 Camphorwood oil and cinnamon oil
  on the way back.

"Jia'er, the other Shuitian dad from Zhuangzi looks very good, why don't you want it?" Shen Zhuoyun asked.

"Dad, that Zhuangzi is too close to the Yichang River. If there is a flood, it will be easily flooded." Shen Jia explained.

Shen Zhuoyun suddenly realized, "That's it." He then asked, "Little Zhuangzi, have you decided to grow medicinal materials?"

"Yeah! Even on that hillside, I want to plant medicinal materials. Each village will build a primary school, and ask a teacher to teach boys and girls aged seven to twelve in the village free of charge. I will also hire a master who knows martial arts to teach both sides in turn. People practice martial arts, and Yaozhuang teaches pharmacology for an hour every five days. Each period of students lasts for one year." Shen Jia explained.

"Jia'er, why is this?" Gu asked.

Shen Jia said quietly, "Studying makes people wise. It doesn't cost much to hire a teacher to build a school. It's a benefit for them! It's up to them whether they want to seize the opportunity or not."

"Have you come up with any rules for cooperating with Dr. Li?"

"I will provide medicinal seeds, pills and prescriptions, and Dr. Li will provide people to manage them. I plan to give them a 20% bonus, and then give them a good salary every month when they work in the medicine store. What do you think?"

"Okay, just do as you say!"

The next day, Shen Zhuoyun, Shen Hao, and Shen Jia went to Li Yi'an's medical clinic to discuss cooperation matters.

Li Yi'an had no objections to Shen Jia's cooperation plan. His three sons all have good medical skills. The eldest, Li Yuheng, is the best at growing medicinal materials, while the third, Li Yuhua, is the best at refining pills and medicinal oils.

The salary Shen Jia gave them was five taels of silver a month, which was sixty taels of silver a year, which was already a very high monthly salary.

Next year, all the fields will be planted with medicinal materials. If the tenant farmers are willing to grow medicinal materials, Shen Jia is willing to provide seeds and deduct the seed money when the harvest is harvested. You can also choose to get wages, which is 800 cash per month. They have never grown medicinal materials and are afraid of taking risks, so they all choose to get wages.

After Shen Jia discussed with Li Yuheng and Li Yuhua, they began to go into the mountains to find medicinal seeds.

Shen Zhuoyun also went to Wucheng to buy medicinal seeds for her.

The two Zhuangzi's grains were brought back to Beili Village.

Shen Jia only found out after the grain was brought back that the grain of the two Zhuangzi was still on the Zhuangzi, and Wei Yuming gave it to Shen Jia.

Shen Jia and Shen Hao went to the county gambling house at around nine o'clock every day to teach Liu Erhu and the others how to learn martial arts and read. Sister Li also followed them to the county town.

It was not until the day before the Ghost Festival that all the medicinal materials were planted, and the camphor oil and cinnamon oil stoves were built.

Shen Jia and Shen Hao went to the medicine store to see the medicinal materials they had planted, including Panax notoginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, Poria cocos, Polygonatum odoratum, Adenophora adenophora, Codonopsis pilosula, Curculigo, Pinellia ternata, Asparagus, Lonicera scutellariae, Scutellaria barbata, and Panax notoginseng. ...and hundreds of herbs.

Some medicinal materials have particularly high requirements. Rhizome medicinal materials such as Atractylodes rhizome, chrysanthemum, rehmannia glutinosa, and salvia miltiorrhiza are not suitable for continuous planting.

The medicinal parts of different medicinal materials are different, and their environmental requirements and cultivation years are also different. For example, pinellia and Gynostemma pentaphylla need to be shaded when cultivated, chrysanthemums need to be headed to increase branches, and roots and rhizomes need to be budded. When harvesting peony and platycodon, they need to be peeled while fresh.

Li Yuheng, who is tall and has a resolute face, is taking care of the newly planted medicinal materials.

"Uncle Heng, thank you for your hard work!"

"It's not hard, this is what I should do." Li Yuheng said with a smile.

Shen Jia chatted a lot with him about growing medicinal materials, and found that he had unique insights into growing medicinal materials, so Shen Jia felt relieved and became a hands-off shopkeeper. The two of them went on to see how camphor wood oil was boiled.

Li Yuhua took several people from the medicine village to the mountains to find a lot of camphor tree roots.

Camphorwood oil is extracted using ancient methods. There are particularly many camphor trees in Lingnan. Camphor oil can be extracted from the roots of old camphor trees that are dying, or from camphor branches. Two hundred kilograms of camphor branches and leaves can extract about five kilograms of camphor oil.

Camphorwood oil has extremely high medicinal value. It can remove dampness and relieve pain, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, anthelmintic and sterilizing, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, change respiratory diseases and improve sleep quality. However, pregnant women and young children should use it with caution.

In the previous life in the village, the elderly in every household would keep a bottle of camphor oil at home. Even if there is active oil later, the elderly in the village are still used to using camphor oil.

"Xiao Jia, how about this camphor oil?" Li Yuhua handed Shen Jia the small porcelain bottle of camphor oil he had just made.

Li Yuhua is about thirty years old, with good facial features, a tall figure, and a gentle and kind-hearted person.

Shen Jia took the camphor oil and opened the lid. A unique smell floated in the air, and the light yellow liquid was as clear as crystal in the sunlight.

"Uncle Hua is so amazing, he can refine such pure camphor oil so quickly." Shen Jia praised.

Li Yuhua touched the back of his head in embarrassment: "Xiaojia has received the award."

"Uncle Hua, leave part of the refined camphor oil in your medical clinic for sale, and put the rest in the warehouse. The camphor oil can be stored for a few years without any problem."

"Okay! I'll take you to the warehouse to see the newly refined cinnamon oil."

Refining cinnamon oil is time-consuming and labor-intensive. One hundred pounds of cinnamon branches and leaves can only produce eight taels of cinnamon oil.

However, cinnamon oil is very effective for children with stomachache, diarrhea and cold stomach. Steaming lean meat with cinnamon oil is very effective. Cinnamon oil has strong antibacterial activity against bacteria, fungi, and mold, and can be used as a natural preservative and grain preservative.

Li Yuhua led people to cut down some cassia branches and leaves from the wild cinnamon trees on the mountain, and only made five bottles of cinnamon oil.

Shen Jia opened it and smelled it, and found that the cinnamon oil was particularly well refined.

I have to say that Li Yuhua is a talent. He can steam the medicinal oil so well under such simple conditions, which makes Shen Jia feel like he has found a treasure. "Uncle Hua, thank you for your hard work! This is the recipe for Fenghan Pill and Jinshou Medicine. What's in it?" There are herbs nearby in the mountains. In a few days, you can take someone up the mountain to collect some and try to make them. Tell my father what you need and let him buy it."

Li Yuhua took the prescription and said happily: "Okay! I will definitely make the pills."

Li Yuhua is very motivated now.

He has been fond of studying pills and oils since he was a child, but his family fell into ruin and he was exiled. He struggled every day to have enough food and clothing. The pills he made each time were two kinds of pills that Li Yi'an was good at. There was no medicinal material for him to research new pills.

Later, when he arrived in Yixian County, the conditions were a little better, he got married and had a son, and supported his family. However, there was still not much time and medicinal materials for him to do research. This time, his father told them that Shen Jia wanted to grow medicinal herbs, refine pills, and refine medicinal oil. He immediately asked for a good salary every month, and he could do what he likes to do, and there would be dividends in the future. This was like pie in the sky, and it hit him on the head.

Li Yuhua was happy, and Shen Jia was also happy. First they gave them Fenghan pills, then cough pills, Zhengqi pills, Qufeng oil, and rejuvenation pills... After making all of them, Li Yi'an's smart and capable second son, Li Yumin, will go to Beijing to open a medical clinic next year. pavilion.

Shen Zhuoyun has been busy building both schools during this period. Now that the schools are completed, the teachers and martial arts instructors have also been found. The school will officially start in a few days.

(End of this chapter)