Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building
Chapter 587 The storm arises
"Brother Zhang, you are here to sell medicine again today."
In the pharmacy in Shancheng Town, the shopkeeper looked at Zhang Xiaojiu eagerly.
To be honest, Zhang Xiaojiu was just an ordinary village boy at the beginning, and he didn't take it seriously.
After all, Lianshan Town has so many villages under its jurisdiction. Every day, villagers go up the mountain to collect herbs and bring them back. Occasionally, they can come across some relatively precious herbs, but most of the time they are just common herbs that cannot be sold at any price and can only be bought in bulk.
Zhang Xiaojiu did the same at the beginning, bringing some very common herbs in exchange for some money.
But later on, Zhang Xiaojiu would occasionally sell some ointments and powders.
The shopkeeper didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after the pharmacist in the pharmacy studied it, he found that these ointments and powders were extremely extraordinary.
It seems that they are all ordinary herbs, but the various proportions of the herbs and the different preparation methods have actually increased the efficacy of these ointments by more than 30%.
The pharmacist in the pharmacy is still studying how to mix these ointments. Before the research is completed, Zhang Xiaojiu cannot act rashly, especially at this time.
Those who can open a pharmacy in a mountain town are certainly not ordinary people.
The pharmacy in Shancheng Town is the property of the Wang family of Jiuliancheng. Although the shopkeeper is from a branch of the Wang family, the fact that he is in charge of the pharmacy in the town is enough to show that he is capable.
The shopkeeper knew very well that something big was going to happen in Shancheng Town soon. A direct descendant of the Wang family was coming to Shancheng Town. His superiors had secretly told him to prepare more medicinal herbs.
Although he didn't say why, the shopkeeper has already started to pay attention to the medicinal materials in the entire mountain town.
Especially for medicines for treating external and internal injuries, the shopkeepers tightened their purse strings and reduced sales to the outside world.
The ointments and powders that Zhang Xiaojiu has been selling are very effective in treating external injuries such as knife wounds and arrow wounds, as well as internal injuries such as bleeding from internal organs, and are more effective than similar prescriptions.
Therefore, before the shopkeeper knows where Zhang Xiaojiu got the prescription from and whether Zhang Xiaojiu has any secrets, the shopkeeper will not take action against Zhang Xiaojiu, and he will also make friends with him.
"Brother Zhang, I won't hide it from you. The pharmacy is buying a lot of medicine now, especially for treating external and internal injuries. I'll give you an extra 20% price for this batch of medicine, okay?"
The shopkeeper spoke to Zhang Xiaojiu with a smile and placed a purse in front of him.
When Zhang Xiaojiu heard that the price was 20% higher, he was delighted. After thanking the doctor, he took his purse and left the pharmacy to go to the butcher's shop to buy meat.
Like the pharmacy, the butcher shop is also a business exclusively run by the Wang family of Jiuliancheng.
In addition to selling some common medicinal materials, the main products of the pharmacy are pills and ointments for strengthening the body, refining the skin and bones.
The main business of the butcher shop is to sell monster meat.
Jiuliancheng is a city built on the back of nine mountains. The most abundant things in the mountains are various medicinal herbs and monsters.
Whenever a warrior hunted a monster or a mountain dweller collected precious medicine, they would sell them to the Wang family. The price given by the Wang family was fair, and as the Wang family was the overlord of Jiulian City, no one dared to compete with the Wang family for these two businesses.
Therefore, the Wang family can be said to have controlled the promotion channels for warriors in Jiulian City. After all, warriors’ daily practice cannot be without meat and medicinal baths, and promotion requires elixirs and the flesh and blood of monsters.
Zhang Xiaojiu took the money to the butcher shop and bought ten kilograms of meat. Now Zhang Xiaojiu is also a frequent customer of the butcher shop. The owner of the butcher shop even specially gave Zhang Xiaojiu a pair of iron-back pig eyes.
The whole body of a monster is a treasure. Its skin can be used to make armor, its meat is a necessity for warriors' daily training, its blood is an indispensable main medicine for warriors' promotion, and its bones, claws and fangs can be used to make weapons or to grind and refine pills, or to make medicinal baths.
This pair of iron-backed pig eyes is also a tonic for Zhang Xiaojiu. Warriors pay more attention to the five senses, hearing, smell, vision and taste are extremely important. Although the iron-backed pig is just the most common monster, a pair of eyes also costs a lot of money.
Now that he had a pair of eyes for free, it was a pleasant surprise for Zhang Xiaojiu.
But when Zhang Xiaojiu was about to leave Shancheng Town with the meat, he encountered another accident.
"Young Master Zhang?!"
Hearing this surprised voice, Zhang Xiaojiu turned his head and saw that it was the girl he rescued last time: "Miss Liu, why haven't you left Shancheng Town yet? Shancheng Town has been in turmoil recently."
The last time Zhang Xiaojiu was selling medicinal herbs in Shancheng Town, he encountered this Miss Liu being blocked in an alley by a few thugs who were planning to do something bad.
These thugs are somewhat famous in Shancheng Town. They belong to the well-known Fishing Gang in Shancheng Town, but they are non-staff disciples of the Fishing Gang. But even if they are non-staff disciples, these thugs usually rely on the background of the Fishing Gang to act tyrannically and bully the villagers, making people dare not speak out.
Zhang Xiaojiu was a young and inexperienced man who was not afraid of tigers. He relied on his strong skills to beat up those thugs. Those thugs had no special skills to begin with, they just had a background in the fishing gang. After they couldn't beat Zhang Xiaojiu, they made some threats and ran away.
And through this, Zhang Xiaojiu got to know Miss Liu.
Miss Liu is called Liu Qing. She is a pretty girl. According to Liu Qing, she came to Shancheng Town to live with her relatives. Unexpectedly, she encountered hooligans as soon as she arrived in Shancheng Town. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaojiu came to her rescue.
Liu Qing always wanted to repay Zhang Xiaojiu, but Zhang Xiaojiu saw that Liu Qing was also in trouble and he himself came from a poor family, so he didn't want to make things difficult for Liu Qing and declined.
Unexpectedly, when he came to Shancheng Town this time, Zhang Xiaojiu met Liu Qing again.
After Liu Qing heard Zhang Xiaojiu say that Shancheng Town was not peaceful, her expression became a little gloomy, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, I can see that Shancheng Town is not peaceful now."
"But I have nowhere to go at the moment."
Zhang Xiaojiu asked in confusion: "Miss Liu, aren't you here to seek refuge with your relatives?"
Liu Qing looked even sadder when he heard this: "Young Master Zhang, you don't know that I originally came here to seek refuge with my brother. My brother got married in Shancheng Town and his life is pretty prosperous."
"But I didn't expect that my brother was eaten by a monster while collecting herbs in the mountains. My sister-in-law took over the family business and didn't want me to marry into the family. I really had nowhere to go."
Eaten by a monster?
Zhang Xiaojiu was shocked, remembering that various gangs in Shancheng Town, such as the Fishing Gang and the Chai Gang, were constantly entering the mountains. Today, the owner of the pharmacy said that the prices of medicinal materials had increased. Could it be that something happened in the mountains?
Zhang Xiaojiu looked at the pitiful Liu Qing and couldn't help asking, "Miss Liu, where are you going now?"
Liu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know where to go. I have nothing now. If I really can't do anything, I can only sell myself to the rich and powerful to make a living."
Zhang Xiaojiu thought for a moment and handed a purse to Liu Qing: "Miss Liu, take this money and use it first. Don't think about selling yourself."
Liu Qing looked at the purse in her hand and looked at Zhang Xiaojiu in disbelief.
Zhang Xiaojiu said seriously: "My master taught me that the poorer your background, the more ambitious you should be."
"Miss Liu, don't be discouraged. There is always a chance for things to turn around."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaojiu turned and left, leaving Liu Qing alone to watch Zhang Xiaojiu leave. (End of this chapter)
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