Song Yi

Chapter 289 Counterfeit Medicine Pharmacy
Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai went out to return to their room. Lin Qingdai said it was still early and asked him to go to her room to talk.Du Wenhao naturally would not refuse.

He knew Lin Qingdai's drinking capacity, and saw that although she held her fragrant cheeks in her hands, her pink face was full of spring, and her red phoenix eyes were blinking, she should not be too drunk, so he said, "Sister Qingdai, if you have anything to say, just say it! "

Lin Qingdai looked out the window, pointed to the sky and said, "Wen Hao, look at the moonlight today!"

Du Wenhao looked up, and it was indeed a bright moon in the sky, with a gentle breeze, so he didn't notice such a beautiful scene just now.

"Sing to wine, how much life is there." Du Wenhao couldn't help but sigh.

Lin Qingdai stood up, the skirt around her waist was blown up by the wind, and there was a faint touch of light green on the sleeves of her clothes. Du Wenhao knew that it was the petticoat of Lin Qingdai's dress, with her black hair hanging down her waist, and her eyes that were usually cold to everyone, The soft light that was only shown to Du Wenhao is now covered by sadness because of the previous events.

"Wen Hao, I want to sit on the roof, will you accompany me?" Lin Qingdai said quietly, and the two rows of "black brushes" brushed together from time to time, their strong nose wings and small mouth outlined a pair of "black brushes". The model of the goddess of moonlight is unbearable to disturb.

Du Wenhao was a bit overwhelmed. Although this woman was older than him, she always obeyed her words in front of him. She is not clingy, but she always stands by your side silently when you need her. Men probably hope to have such a beauty.

Seeing that Du Wenhao was silent, Lin Qingdai turned her head and saw that he was staring at her blankly, with love and pity in her eyes, her heart warmed up, she stood up, walked out of the door, stood in the corridor, turned around and looked at him. He glanced at him with a look of sadness and resentment.

Du Wenhao's heart fluttered, and he hurried out to the corridor and put his arms around her waist. Before he could speak, Lin Qingdai said, "Wen Hao, I want to go to the roof to watch the moon. Can you accompany me?"

"The roof?" Du Wenhao immediately remembered the plot of Bai Zhantang and Tong Xiangyu watching the moon on the roof in "Wulin Biography", and his heart warmed up, "Okay! But I can't go up!"

"I'll pull you up!" Lin Qingdai jumped into the room, and after a moment, stretched out her slender hand, "Hold my hand!"

Du Wenhao grabbed her hand without hesitation, and felt as if flying through the clouds, with a whoosh, he climbed onto the roof.

Du Wenhao was so frightened that he closed his eyes tightly, the wind whistling in his ears, a pair of slender but strong hands were placed on his waist, and a faint fragrance passed his nose from time to time, he knew it was the smell of Qingdai.

This inn has three floors, all of which are made of wood. It can be reserved for eating in winter, and it can also be used for emergencies. In such a year, it is time to plan more for the future.

There are also a few bamboo poles on the roof, which should be used to dry clothes. There is a bench next to the wall and a sewing basket. There are still some unfinished embroidery in it. Stopped on a delicate and beautiful peony, and now I am a little powerless.

Lin Qingdai put Du Wenhao on the ground steadily. Seeing that Du Wenhao's eyes were still closed, she leaned forward and whispered, "Wen Hao, stand still, we've reached the roof."

Du Wenhao smiled slightly, opened his eyes, looked at Lin Qingdai in front of him, and saw Lin Qingdai smiling slightly, "What are you laughing at?"

"Laughing at you pretending to be drunk."

"Even if that girl Hong can't get me drunk, if I'm still awake with such a beautiful woman by my side, I'm really pretending." Du Wenhao said and gently held Lin Qingdai's hand.

The two found a high place to sit down, there were one or two rooms in the yard with faint lights, and there were a few dogs barking in the distance, and it soon became quiet.

"Qingdai, do you really understand the common people's Ku Wuye? That Yu Ge'er is always laughing and joking, always likes to fight against injustices, like a little girl who doesn't know the world, but for some reason, I always feel that she has something in her heart. "

Lin Qingdai gently leaned her head on Du Wenhao's shoulder, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and nodded slightly, agreeing: "I think so too. Looking at Fifth Master's mood today, I think he is really sad. Now, you have to know that wine is very bitter when you are sad. The fifth master really wants to do something for the people, and Wang Anshi, Wang, also wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army from the heart. As for Yu Geer, we I get along the most on weekdays. Although this girl really has a clear distinction between love and hate, she never mentions her family in front of me. It seems that she eats and sleeps every day except Wu Ye, but I think she is really good to Wu Ye. "Speaking of this, Lin Qingdai lowered her voice and said: "Again, that court woman doesn't want to please the emperor?"

"Hey, let's not talk about her, who doesn't pretend to be something in everyone's heart?"

Lin Qingdai raised her eyes and saw Du Wenhao's chin, she smiled softly and said, "Then what is on your mind?"

Du Wenhao held Lin Qingdai's little hand, kneaded it lightly, and sighed: "You, Qin'er, Fei'er, Lian'er, and those ordinary people on the street who are hungry today, have pretended to be a lot of things. Those words of the fifth master really touched my heart."

The two couldn't help sighing at the same time, looked at each other, and couldn't help smiling.Du Wenhao said: "Okay, it's useless for us to be anxious. Now Wu Ye and shopkeeper Wang are looking at it, but their mouths are about to bubble, and their hearts must be like ants on a hot pot. I think, Wu Ye and the others this time There should be some gains, and maybe we can come up with a reform method for the reform. The reform can only be carried out through reform. If it continues as it is now, I am afraid that the country will not become rich, but the common people will start to riot."

Lin Qingdai nodded approvingly, and said: "Wen Hao, you still have a long-term view. The fifth master always said that you are not only good at medical skills, but also have a unique and wise vision. It seems that you still hit the point."

Du Wenhao frowned, raised his finger and scratched Lin Qingdai's bridge of nose lightly, and said, "That's why I chose you."

Lin Qingdai smiled shyly and snuggled into his arms.

The moon hid in the clouds, and the sky was pitch black. On the roof of the Shunfeng Inn, two figures cuddled tightly, and gradually the two figures merged into one. The evening wind blew gently, and the night deepened.

In the early morning, the sun comes out and the sun is shining brightly. Such fresh air is very refreshing and pleasant for those who do not do farming work. However, for farmers who have not rained for several months, But I will continue to scold my mother with a bitter face.

A cluster of bright red Chinese roses bloomed overnight in the courtyard of the inn, and the delicate stamens swayed slightly in the rain. Three or two young swallows seemed to have heard the sound of water falling and rocks falling under the eaves, thinking that it was the mother swallows who came back with food, secretly swaying Poking out his small head to look around, his mouth made a hungry sound.

Du Wenhao got up early in the morning, and today he has to help the old man Gan to recover compensation.But don't worry, he took a pen and wrote a prescription first, Gastrodia elata drink.

When I left the inn, I saw the old man Gan across the street squatting on the side of the road, looking eagerly at the door of the inn. When he saw Du Wenhao coming out, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Men from Du En!"

"Don't call me that!" Du Wenhao looked around, took out a small piece of silver from his arms and gave it to him: "Go to that Huimin drug store first, grab the Gentiana Gastrodia decoction according to the prescription last time, and then use the excuse of seeing a doctor Stay in the pharmacy, don't worry about anything else, I'll take care of it."

The old man Gan bowed down and agreed, took the small piece of silver carefully, and walked to the pharmacy first.Du Wenhao is far away.

This Huimin drug store is located in a busy city, not too far from the inn where they stayed.It's just two streets away.

The pharmacy has a relatively large facade, and there are several people who are seeking medical treatment and medicine, and an old man with a gray beard is sitting in the hall for consultation.

Seeing old man Gan enter the pharmacy from a distance, Du Wenhao walked over slowly, pulled up his robe and stepped into the pharmacy.

A waiter came over and saw Du Wenhao's brocade clothes and jade belt, he nodded and bowed his head with a smile on his face: "My lord, do you want to see a doctor or take medicine?"

"Grab the medicine!" Du Wenhao glanced and saw that the old man Gan was grabbing the medicine on the counter, and a few square paper wrapping the medicine were spread out on the high counter.Then he walked to the counter, took out the prescription and put it on the table.The guy took it and took a look, "Gastrodia elata drink, good! Sit over there for a while, sir, and I'll grab the medicine for you right away, just wait for a while!"

Du Wenhao said: "Stop sitting, hurry up, I'll wait."

"Okay!" The guy began to spread the square paper to grab the medicine on the other side.

Du Wenhao saw that the old man Gan had already grabbed a few medicines in the medicine paper, and Gastrodia elata was also in it, so he casually picked up a piece and looked at it, his heart skipped a beat, Du Wenhao knew the medicine was real without a second look. Gastrodia elata.Glancing at the guy: "Your medicinal materials are not bad!"

The guy laughed and said, "That's right, we bought all the medicines from Yisi in Guanfu City, and they are all high-quality medicinal materials. If it's not good medicine, we won't buy it."

Du Wenhao looked at the Gastrodia elata in the other packs of medicine, and they were all real.

Soon, his medicine was caught, and he checked Tianma again, and it was still true.I don't feel very puzzled.

Soon, the old man Gan grabbed all the medicines, carried the medicine bag, and without looking at Du Wenhao, turned around and walked to the door, stopped again, turned his hands behind his back and beat his back, and said to himself: "My old man My waist is hurting badly these days, since it’s here, let’s take a look at it together.”

The waiter at the side hurriedly greeted: "Then please sit down, and the doctors in front will show you after reading."

Old man Gan nodded, sat on the long chair with the medicine bag in his arms and waited.

Du Wenhao's medicine was also packaged, and the assistant put the medicine package in front of Du Wenhao: "The medicine is ready, sir, a total of 260 seven coins."

Du Wenhao took a stack of jiaozi from his bosom, each of which was fifty pieces, a big stack, and took one and handed it to the guy.

The clerk laughed and said, "Grandpa, do you have zero? This..., hehe, I can't find it."

Du Wenhao swiped at the stack of banknotes, frowned and said, "I don't have any zeros. I came to Gui County to buy medicinal materials. I just arrived last night. My companion was ill, so I came to grab the medicine and go back..."

The guy's eyes lit up: "Master, our Huimin drug store has a complete range of medicinal materials, and the price is cheaper than other places. This grade is also a high-quality medicinal material. You saw it just now. Since you want to buy medicinal materials, Why not enter it in our pharmacy? If so, you will be exempted from paying for the medicine. Hehe "

Du Wenhao looked up at him: "Oh? Your pharmacy also wholesales medicinal materials?"

"That's right, we do both wholesale and retail. Our pharmacy is a time-honored brand in Dongming County. You can rest assured about its reputation!"

"That's fine. Why don't you import medicinal materials? As long as the price is right, let's ask your shopkeeper to talk about it."

"Okay!" The guy saw that Du Wenhao had a lot of money in his pocket, and he was definitely doing big business. If he could win this business, the shopkeeper's reward would definitely be indispensable.With a smile on his face, he said: "Master, you come with me and sit in the flower hall for a while, and I will invite the shopkeeper for you."

Du Wenhao followed the buddy to the flower hall, and a servant came to cut the fragrant tea.After waiting for a while, a fat old man came out in a hurry. After being introduced by the clerk, it was the shopkeeper Luo of the pharmacy.Du Wenhao also introduced himself, claiming to be a medicine merchant.

Shopkeeper Luo smiled all over his face, and began to brag about the cheap and high-quality medicinal materials in his pharmacy. Du Wenhao listened with interest, and when he ran out of new words, he smiled and said: "The medicinal materials I want to buy are the most important ones. The price should be cheaper, you know, we are in the business of medicinal materials, if the products are expensive, we can’t make money!"

"That's that, that's that!" Shopkeeper Luo smiled and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "You follow me, first go to the warehouse to have a look at the goods, I guarantee your satisfaction!"

Shopkeeper Luo took Du Wenhao to a large warehouse in the back hall of the pharmacy, where medicinal materials were piled up, most of which were semi-processed decoction pieces, packed in sacks.A few guys are cooking it up further.Seeing them coming in, he hurriedly stood up and stood with his hands down.

Du Wenhao looked at each other slowly, suddenly, his eyes lit up, he stopped in front of a bag of medicinal materials, selected a piece of medicinal material, picked it up and looked through it carefully, then turned his head to look at shopkeeper Luo and the guy.

I saw that the expressions of the two of them didn't change at all, they still looked at him with smiles.Du Wenhao wondered inwardly, and continued to walk forward. After he had read all the medicinal materials in the sack, he had already held more than a dozen pieces of decoction pieces of different medicinal materials in his hand.

Shopkeeper Luo didn't know what Du Wenhao was doing with these drink pieces, and looked at him suspiciously.

Du Wenhao put the dozen pieces of drink on the tea table, clapped his hands, glanced at the guys beside him, coughed, and said, "Can I have a private chat with Shopkeeper Luo?"

"Okay! Get out!" Shopkeeper Luo drove all the staff out of the medicinal material warehouse like coaxing ducks, and after giving up their seats, the two sat down.

Du Wenhao took out a waist badge from his pocket and handed it to Shopkeeper Luo.

Shopkeeper Luo took it over suspiciously: "Shopkeeper Du, are you...?"

"Look! See what's written on it?"

Shopkeeper Luo took a closer look at the waist card, shivered, looked at Du Wenhao, and stammered: "You..., are you an imperial physician from the imperial hospital?"

"That's right! The imperial servant is me!"

Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly got up, pulled up his robe and knelt down: "Grassman sees the imperial physician!" His stomach was full of doubts, how did the dignified fifth-rank imperial physician go to a small pharmacy in a small county to wholesale medicinal materials?No, the imperial doctor doesn't care about the wholesale of medicinal materials, that is to say, he came here not to wholesale medicinal materials, or for other purposes.What is the purpose?Shopkeeper Luo didn't dare to think about it, but he always felt that it was not a good thing.

Du Wenhao said: "You must have guessed it. I came to your pharmacy not to buy medicinal materials. There are two things. I need the shopkeeper Luo to give me an answer. Otherwise, I will sell fake medicines to you. Not only will the pharmacy not be able to open, but you will also have to stay on duty!"

Shopkeeper Luo trembled, kowtowed and said: "My lord, I have always obeyed the law and never dared to do anything reckless. If this fake medicine is mentioned, I am afraid that my lord has misunderstood the villain's slander."

"Really?" Du Wenhao tapped the dozen or so pieces of drink pieces on the table with his fingers: "Master Luo, these are the ones I took out of your sack just now, right?"

"Yes."

"Don't you think there is something wrong with these medicinal materials?"

Shopkeeper Luo's obese body shuddered again, and he looked up at the slices: "These..., are these counterfeit medicines?"

Du Wenhao sneered, picked up a piece of drink: "What is this?"

Shopkeeper Luo glanced at it: "It seems to be..., it seems to be Polygonum multiflorum?"

"That's right! It should be Polygonum multiflorum, but there are quite a few of these things in the sack where you put Polygonum multiflorum in it. Do you know what it is?"

Shopkeeper Luo squinted his eyes and took another look: "Is it Polygonum multiflorum...?"

"Wrong! This is called Huangyaoshu! The two are very similar in shape, but Huangyaoshu is much cheaper than Polygonum multiflorum! And Huangyaoshu is poisonous, if eaten indiscriminately, it will cause liver failure! The liver will die as a result!"

Shopkeeper Luo was so frightened that he sat down on the ground: "My lord! No way?"

"No? After a while, I will take these medicines to the Yamen and let the county magistrate handle it. You can see if it will."

"Sir, spare your life! Your lord, spare your life!"

Du Wenhao ignored him, and picked up another piece of drink: "Look at this again, what is it?"

Shopkeeper Luo prostrated himself on the ground, raised his head and glanced again: "It seems to be..., it seems to be Beiqi?"

"Wrong! Beiqi is smaller than this, this is Huangqi! The price of Huangqi is much cheaper than Beiqi! However, the medicinal value is very different! If you pretend to be Beiqi, can the patient be cured?" ?”

"My lord, please spare me!" Shopkeeper Luo kowtowed again.

Du Wenhao snorted and picked up another piece: "What is this?"

Shopkeeper Luo glanced again: "It seems to be..., it seems to be... Gastrodia elata!"

Du Wenhao frowned: "Gastrodia elata is Gastrodia elata, what does it seem to be! Can't you tell the difference between the medicinal materials?"

Shopkeeper Luo said with a bitter face: "My lord, the young one is already in the cloth business, and the business has been sluggish. Seeing that the medicine business in Dongming County is doing well, I came up with the idea of ​​doing this, and then I switched to a medicine store. Yes I really don't know much about medicinal materials. Because of this, I am often tricked by people."

"You want to shirk responsibility?" Du Wenhao sneered.

"No, no, I dare not. The villain really doesn't know much about medicinal materials. This pharmacy has only been accepted for more than half a year. If you don't believe me, you can go to the neighbors and ask around. Everyone knows that I used to own one in Dongming County. The clothing store only brought this Huimin medicine shop over last summer. The previous shopkeeper was named Li, and he has gone back to his hometown. Everyone in this street knows it.”

"I don't care whether you really understand medicinal materials or pretend, anyway, your pharmacy sells fake medicines, and you are to blame! Let me tell you, there is an old man outside who came with me. His son suffered from numbness syndrome last December. , I went to your pharmacy to see the doctor and prescribed the medicine. The Gentiana Gastrodia elata soup prescribed was prescribed for several months. Not only did it not improve at all, but the condition became worse day by day! After checking, I found that the Gastrodia elata in it was fake! Here! It is I found some of this kind of fake Gastrodia elata from your warehouse, what can you say? Hmph! You unscrupulous drug dealer actually sells fake medicines to people, causing their families to be ruined. You are greedy for profit, don’t you fear the king’s law? ?”

Shopkeeper Luo kowtowed like pounding garlic: "My lord, my lord, please spare my life! The villain really doesn't know that there are fake Gastrodia elata and fake medicinal materials mixed in, please my lord, please spare me!"

Du Wenhao tilted his head and took a good look at the fat man, thinking that judging from his previous expression, he really didn't seem to be pretending. Could it be that he really didn't understand medicinal materials and was deceived by others?He asked, "Where did you get these medicinal materials from?"

"Shiyi Division! They all came from the county's Shiyi Division."

Shiyi Division is a government-run enterprise set up by Wang Anshi's reform. It is run by the government and is also engaged in buying low and selling high. It purchases materials from cheap places, transports them to expensive places and sells them to earn the difference. However, this kind of The price will be a little cheaper than the normal market price. The main purpose is not to make money, but to realize the allocation of materials through the sale of this kind of government-run organization, and by the way, it can make money to subsidize the finances.

When Du Wenhao heard that this matter was linked to Shi Yisi, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Master Luo, you have committed a serious crime by selling fake medicines. If you frame the government and the court again, it will be a crime of extermination." capital offense!"

"The villain dare not, it is indeed from the Shiyi Division, because the Shiyi Division stipulates that medicinal materials can only be imported from them, and if you buy from the drug dealer without authorization, the drug store will be banned and not allowed to operate. This rule Dong Ming Several pharmacies in the county know that all pharmacies also buy from the government's Shiyi Division, the villain dare not deceive the adults, please be careful!"

Initially in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that medicinal materials were an official monopoly commodity, and private trading was strictly prohibited. Later, this prohibition was gradually relaxed, and private business of medicinal materials was also turned a blind eye. However, this prohibition was not abolished. Seriously. The official government took this matter as a matter of course, and others were speechless.

Du Wenhao understood, and nodded: "Okay, since you said that, I will believe you this time for now. As for whether it is true or not, I will find out the truth! ——What about the old man outside, you plan to what to do?"

Shopkeeper Luo kowtowed and said, "The shop will compensate you in full."

"Okay, you go out and deal with it yourself, the officer will watch!"

"Yes!" After shopkeeper Luo kowtowed, he got up and bowed, and then came to the front hall. Du Wenhao instructed old man Gan, and shopkeeper Luo went out, nodding and bowing, and then asked the accountant to give two hundred silver to old man Gan.

200 taels, which is equivalent to RMB 20. Old man Gan never thought that there would be so much compensation. With that pile of money, he was both happy and scared, not knowing what to do.

(End of this chapter)