The middle-aged man who was preparing to enter the city turned his head to look at the old man who was being embarrassed by the soldiers, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
It's a pity that the other party can only complain in a low voice. If you step forward to stop it, don't ask if you have the courage. Even if you stop it, what will happen?
It's just that the soldiers guarding the city gate have an extra reason to blackmail the second person.
He Zhao followed suit and followed the team into Sichun City.
This city can be said to be one of hundreds of cities in the north, a little red among the greenery.
The four seasons change in other places, but Spring City is like spring all year round, which is also the origin of the word "four springs". Due to environmental factors, the population is definitely one of the most famous cities in the dynasty.
I don’t know the exact population. After all, in my previous life, I was a hard worker and the son of a medicine man who traveled around all day to fill his stomach. The world is so big, how can there be a big belly?
"Baozi, warm steamed stuffed buns with plain fillings. They cost five cents each. I sell them cheaply. They cost five cents each!"
"Shaobing, two cents!"
"Fifteen cents for a bowl of offal noodles. Have a bowl of it when you get up in the morning. It will keep you refreshed for the day."
After leaving the city wall, the lively atmosphere suddenly rushed over.
Not far in front of you is a spacious street with busy stall owners on both sides of the street.
Sesame seed cakes, steamed buns, hot tea, offal noodles, rotten pork noodles, vegetable sellers, meat sellers, art sellers, wine sellers, snack sellers, there are teahouses facing the street, and there are many carrying bird cages on the second floor.
, a wealthy kid drinking tea and eating pastries, looking down at the street.
Just a few steps into the street, he saw shirtless men standing in front of a wine stall, holding sesame seed cakes in one hand and a wine glass in the other.
In short, it is worthy of being a big city in the north, with everything you need. Except for the contraband prohibited by the government, you can find everything on the streets. Moreover, the prices are not expensive, cheap and affordable.
If it were a person from a previous life, he would definitely be dazzled.
But the person named He is quite knowledgeable. In terms of liveliness, variety, etc., how can a city in ancient times, no matter how prosperous it is, be more powerful than the modern world?
He walked through the crowd without any trouble, looking for the medicine shop.
Liu Zi and others who followed behind resisted the temptation of the aroma of food and chased bitterly.
"Brother Six, why don't you send one person to follow? The rest of us should go have breakfast first? Afterwards, meet in the forest outside He Xiaozi's house?" One of the younger brothers put forward his own suggestion.
When the skinny and wretched man heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Okay, it's up to you."
"ah?"
"Oh shit, hurry up and follow me."
The younger brother who came up with the plan continued to follow with a wry smile on his face.
On the way, I would look back from time to time and see my friends sitting in front of the noodle stall, eating noodles.
Liuzi, it’s your uncle’s fault!
On the other side, on the way to find the medicine shop, He Zhao met several porters dressed as coolies.
More than 30 miles away from Sichun City, there is a Jiaolong River. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, a dragon fell from the sky and was covered with injuries, and a river connecting the south was born.
A certain famous ruthless person sneered at this. Local people always like to exaggerate, put a high-level label on some things, or make up some legends to use this myth to spread their fame far and wide.
With the convenience of the wharf and the speed of water transportation, almost most of the goods, grains, specialties and other things in the north are transported from Jiaolong Wharf to the south.
Therefore, a large number of porters were born to carry goods. At the same time, many people were able to breathe a sigh of relief and survive with meager wages.
The reason why I say it is meager is because of the gangs in the city.
The merchant is on top, the porter is on the bottom, and they eat both ends in the middle.
The merchants want to keep prices low, but the porters controlled by gangs will not unload the goods for them. Every time the goods are docked at the dock, the losses are immeasurable, and they have to hold their noses and admit it.
The porters want to improve their treatment, but the gangs will not give them work. After two or three days, the hungry people will naturally give in and come back to be dogs.
If there were no gangs, merchants would reduce their losses and porters' income would soar.
It's a pity that the dragon in the river cannot defeat the local snake, not to mention the hateful gang. The actual controllers behind the scenes are actually the four major families in Sichuan City.
In addition, the protection of the government forces, unless you have a great background, just hold your nose and recognize it. You cannot resist, you can only live from the heart.
He walked on the street, looking around from time to time. For a while, he probably couldn't find a pharmacy. In desperation, he reached out to stop a pedestrian and asked.
"Brother, how can I get to the drug store?"
"Did you see the crossroads ahead? Turn left and go straight to the end. There is Tongchundang, the best family in Sichun City." The passerby who was stopped by He Zhao was not annoyed at all and pointed to the road.
"Thank you."
After saying that, he quickened his pace.
After a while, we arrived at Tongchun Hall smoothly.
The shop is not very big, but you can smell a strong smell of medicinal herbs when standing outside the door. It seems that the shop not only sells medicinal materials, but also helps in decoction.
The waiter at the door of the store saw the unfamiliar customer coming and immediately came to greet him.
"Master, please come inside. What do you need?"
He followed the guy inside, heard the other person's inquiry, and got straight to the point.
"Tiger bone."
"Young! Great patron. Come on, come on, I'll make you a cup of tea."
After saying that, tea was immediately brought, a cup of hot tea was served respectfully, and a stack of cakes were taken.
"You drink, I said. Our tiger bones are absolutely real. Unlike other drug stores, a pair of tiger bones can be sold for several lifetimes. I would like to ask, do you want tiger bones to be soaked in wine?"
If it is tiger bone wine, Tongchundang has 30-year-old wine. The key is that it is not expensive, only thirty taels per catty. If tiger bones are used as medicine, a new set of tiger bones was collected in the shop three months ago.
Except for the patella, the prices of other bones are pretty much the same.”
Okay, you can really say that.
No wonder it was quite a coincidence that Tongchuntang asked the other party to welcome guests, Xiaozui.
Besides, thirty taels per catty, you tell me it’s not expensive?
As for why the patella is valuable, although I didn’t learn much about pharmacology in my previous life, I was exposed to it in college and I naturally know something about it.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying of killing a tiger to get its patella.
The patella is the best part of the tiger bone and is also the top raw material for tiger bone wine.
The price can be the same!
Suddenly, he thought that if he used tiger bone wine as liquor to soak other powdered medicinal materials, would it take the prescription to a higher level and greatly enhance its effectiveness?
But this thought was quickly thrown out of my head.
The whole body is forty taels, and one pound of thirty-year-old tiger bone wine costs thirty taels of silver. Twenty pounds, six hundred taels of silver, is enough to make the second recipe.
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"How much is the cheapest one?"
"One tael of silver is guaranteed to be a real tiger bone. If you find it is a fake, just smash the sign and shop. If we resist, we will be the bastards."
The man clapped his chest and swore, saying that ancient times were different from modern times. If modern people swear by poison, you can think of it as farting. If the ancients swore, they would even bring their parents, which is highly credible.
Of course, if you encounter a shameless thief who doesn't recognize your relatives, you will have no choice but to admit defeat.
"Look at the goods first."
"Okay."
When the waiter heard this, he turned around and left.
After a while, he returned with the tiger bones wrapped in straw paper in his hands.
"Master, please take a look."
He Zhao stretched out his hand to take it. After all, he had studied medicine and had experience in "Pharmacology" and "Pharmacology". He still had some knowledge on how to distinguish tiger bones.
He shook the tiger bone wrapped in straw paper up and down with his right hand, feeling the weight, and nodded secretly in his heart.
To identify the authenticity of tiger bones, you need to look at the relative density. The texture of real tiger bones is dense and hard, which is different from other animals. Bones of the same part and volume are almost twice as heavy as beef bones.
Then, tear off the straw paper and observe the color. Generally, the tiger bones that have been removed soon are oily yellow. As time goes by, the tiger bones will gradually turn gray.
"Yeah, the color matches."
Then, he looked at the cross section, then brought it to his nose and smelled it.
The cross-section of a true tiger bone is thin but has thick bone walls, a small cavity in the bone, and a large amount of bone marrow adhered to the inner wall. After drying, the bone marrow forms a network, accounting for about two-thirds of the limb bone cross-section.
Accompanied by a strong fishy smell.
Well, the special fishy smell is very strong.
"Bring me the knife."
When the clerk saw it, he knew in his heart that he had met someone who knew the business.
So, without hesitation, he turned around to get the knife.
Two or three minutes later, the other party returned with a knife and handed it over with a calm expression.
The man surnamed He took the knife that was handed to him, used the knife to gently crush the tiger bone into some flour, and put the flour in his mouth.
Suddenly, my tongue and lips became slightly numb, and a fishy and bitter taste filled my mouth.
"Real tiger bones! Twenty taels, packed."
"Okay."
He also picked some medicinal materials from the shop that needed to be concocted, processed, and dried in a time-consuming manner. He spent five taels of silver on them. He only had fifteen taels left on his body.
To buy spirits from the village, you have to remove ten taels. There are still five taels left. It is really a fantasy to buy the remaining medicinal materials in the pharmacy in Sichun City. But I thought of it early and already have a countermeasure.
He reached out to take the medicinal materials handed by the waiter and stuffed them into his wide sleeves. Most people in this world wear long robes with wide sleeves. Only those generals who need to move frequently will wear tights.
I don’t know which smart person invented the idea of having pockets inside the sleeves sewn in reverse. It’s like sewing a purse into the sleeve and fixing it to the cuff. It will not leak out and is easy to access. Gradually it became popular among people.
Accept it and start trending.
Moreover, clothes represent class. People with wide cuffs do not need to think too much, they must be ordinary people. The narrower the cuffs of ordinary clothes or formal clothes, the more noble their status is.
"Sir, this is the qi-boosting and blood-replenishing soup that Tongchundang sent you. Don't underestimate this soup. If the girls at home come here and drink a small bowl of Tiankui, I'm sure they will feel much better."
"I am the only one in my family. My old father just passed away not long ago."
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"If you have a small bowl of it after having sex at night, I'm sure you'll be full of energy and energy immediately. If you have a bowl of it every day, it's not a big deal."
"Not married yet."
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Good guy, you spend your money without blinking an eye, and you don’t even have a wife?
"Building Qi and Replenishing Blood Decoction, our store sells it to outsiders for one tael of silver per jar."
"Come, give it to me."
After saying this, He Zhao reached out and took the clay pot.
If I had just said it was worth one tael of silver, wouldn't that have been the end of it?
"This kid came to Sichun City so early in the morning just to buy a can of Qi and Blood Decoction?" The gang members who were following him almost stared at him.
He likes to bring a can of Qi and Blood Soup when he occasionally goes shopping. With the soup, four times a night is not a problem, and the money spent is guaranteed to be worth it.
"Is it possible that Mr. He has colluded with the young widow in the village? Otherwise, why would he have to make up for it?" While talking about the widow's gang, he followed closely behind the ruthless man.
Along the way, in order to toss the little tail, someone wandered around for an hour without any rest.
The person who was sent here early had not only not eaten, but also walked for nearly an hour and a half. His mouth was dry and his eyes were filled with stars. If he hadn't been afraid of Liu Jiao's methods, he would have been holding on and not daring to be lazy.
, lie down early.
"hehe."
The man named He smiled and said he had had enough troubles and was ready to return to the village.
"Ouch! There's a fight ahead. The disciples from the two martial arts schools are starting to do it in the restaurant. Everyone, hurry up and watch the excitement." Someone in the crowd on the street howled.
Except for those who had something to do, most people moved forward to take a quick look.
He Zhao, who was carrying a clay pot in his hand, was naturally no exception. He finally made a trip to Sichun City and took a look at the bustling scene before leaving. It’s not too late!
Then, he followed the melon-eating crowd to watch the fun together.
"Bang!"
After finally squeezing his way through the crowded crowd, I saw a tall, thick-set man dressed in shorts flying out from the door of the restaurant.
"Plop"
The man fell onto the bluestone street with a dull sound.
If an ordinary person were to fall like this, his internal organs would tumble and he would fall to the ground and not be able to get up for a long time.
Looking at the big man again, he spat, climbed up from the ground, and got back in angrily.
"Ping Ping Pong Pong"
Figures of people flashed in the restaurant, and bursts of smashing sounds could be heard.
"boom!"
"Gudong"
The railing on the second floor collapsed, and another man who had just entered fell down.
Okay, I just stood there and watched the show for a minute, and this person was knocked down twice.
As a result, he stood up, patted the dust off his butt, and rushed in again with a steely head.
Made of iron?
He Zhao showed a surprised expression. The first fall was not very serious, but the second time he fell head first from the second floor.
"A person who specializes in a certain profession is amazing."
"Shit, what's so great about having someone beat him out of a restaurant twice? If you ask me, those from the Liuhe Sect are the masters. They can knock someone from the same profession out twice in a row."
The crowd was talking a lot, and from their mouths, they learned that the two parties in this fight were disciples of the Xingyi Sect and the Liuhe Sect.
"Bang!"
A figure suddenly fell down from the third floor. When the figure landed, everyone was surprised.
Without him, he is a big man in his own profession.
But what is disappointing is that the man can only survive on the third floor.
The Guijia Restaurant in front of me has only three floors in total.
Henren Zhao, who was eating melons and watching the show, secretly wondered whether the man could stand up again.
The disciple of Xingyi sect climbed up from the ground again and rushed in hastily.