Even a person like Liu Huan, who is not familiar with pharmacology, is speechless when he sees the random piles of medicinal materials on the shelf, let alone Man Bao and Zhou Liru.
The house is not big, and you can see it at a glance just by standing at the door, but Manbao walked in and took a look around, then stood in front of a wall and looked at the medicine bottles, medicine boxes or medicine jars on the shelves above. The medicines were recorded on them with notes.
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The mayor came over and introduced: "These are patent medicines that we have bought one after another from passing merchants."
There is no way, Aman only knows some simple medical skills, and they are all for external injuries. In the past, they used to buy medicines to stop bleeding in Liangzhou, Suzhou or Yumenguan area. They only gave him medicine when they were in an emergency and there was no medicine for wounds.
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Everyone wants to live, especially the mayor who wants to live even more as he gets older. So since four or five years ago, they like to buy medicines from passing merchants. Occasionally, they take orders and escort caravans out of the desert.
I will buy some patent medicines in other towns and store them there.
It's just that they have too much ferocious aura, so many pharmacies don't like to sell their patent medicines, and the yamen have restrictions on some patent medicines, so you can't buy more than one at a time.
Of course they are people who don't care about the rules and regulations of the yamen, but those drug stores dare not and are unwilling to break these rules.
In addition, not all pharmacies sell patent medicines, so it took him a long time to accumulate these patent medicines.
Man Bao and Zhou Liru identified some patent medicines and picked out two that did not match the names of the medicines. "There is no problem with the rest."
As for the medicinal materials in this room, it was really hard to describe. She felt that if she carefully selected them, she could sort out half of them and throw them away.
Medicine is different from other medicines. Some medicinal materials can be poisonous if not stored well.
The mayor gritted his teeth and finally asked Zhou Man to help him choose.
She may be the most suitable person to sort it out. After her, they may never meet such a powerful doctor again.
Of course, in order to make the other party do their best, he took the initiative to mention the escort team that sent them to Shazhou. He said that he could send them ten more people.
In other words, they paid one hundred taels of silver to invite ten people, and he would ask twenty people to escort them there.
Judging from their quotation, Manbao and the others made fifty taels of silver in one trip.
Of course, it is not something that can be done in one trip. Man Bao and Zhou Liru took a preliminary look at the medicinal materials and threw the ones that were obviously unusable in the basket.
"You can find a few baskets. If you can't use it, just compost it. If you can, bury the poisonous ones to prevent them from being eaten by humans and livestock. If you can, I'll try my best to help you deal with them."
The mayor watched as Zhou Man kept picking up medicinal materials from the shelves and throwing them into the abandoned baskets. He also smelled the medicines in some boxes and boxes, picked a little bit and put it in his mouth to taste before throwing it into the basket.
Inside, a small part was put aside.
I heard her telling the little girl, "This can still be used, but it needs to be processed and remade."
Zhou Liru squeezed it and said, "But sister-in-law, after the medicine is concocted, a lot of its efficacy will be lost, right?"
Man Bao said: "If you don't concoct it, it will be useless in the first half of the year, and now it can't be made into a patent medicine."
The mayor immediately interrupted, "What kind of medicine can this thing be used for?"
Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "You can use hemostatic ointment, but the effect is not very good. It is still useful for ordinary wounds, but not for large ones. It can stop bleeding and prevent small wounds from getting worse."
The mayor's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Then make it into a hemostatic ointment."
Man Bao looked up at him and asked, "Does anyone under the mayor know how to do it?"
The mayor paused and smiled warmly at her, "Mr. Zhou, let's talk about this?"
So everyone moved to the living room.
By the time Mr. Zhuang arrived, the six Manbao people had already negotiated with the mayor about the remuneration for the patent medicine they made.
Manbao and the others only contribute their own efforts, and all the materials used to make the medicine are provided by the mayor. Naturally, it will not be much expensive. Anyway, it cannot exceed the value of the medicine itself.
It was because there were few doctors in this place (or almost none) and few people who bought medicinal materials (you basically rely on fighting illness), so leaving the medicinal materials was a waste, so I spent a lot of money to hire Zhou Man for them.
This high price is what the mayor and others think.
Manbao and the others don't think so. She thinks they are cheap enough. If it weren't for the mayor's sincerity, she wouldn't waste her time making medicine here.
The mayor was a little scared when he was bitten by a snake, so he kept sighing while eating, "Actually, I had some small grievances with those merchants, but I apologized afterwards. I didn't expect that they still sold me fake medicines. Alas, it's such a loss."
My brothers have become less sick in the past two years. Otherwise, if we really took these medicines, I don’t know how many people would have died."
Man Bao said: "Doctors have medical ethics. There is no problem with these patent medicines themselves. The problem is that the medicines are used in public. Some people deliberately mislead you. This is not a problem with the doctors, but a problem with the merchants who sell your medicines."
The mayor asked: "Wouldn't the doctor do such a thing?"
Man Bao smiled and said: "Of course I can't guarantee that all doctors in the world will abide by medical ethics, but doctors can refuse diagnosis, but they cannot intentionally harm the patient's body during the diagnosis and treatment process. This is not only medical ethics, but also stipulated by law.
If a doctor oversteps his bounds, he will not only be punished by law, but will also be expelled from medicine. Any doctor who has heard of this will not recognize his identity."
Although the world is a big place and the flow of information is limited, people who have committed this taboo can start over in another place.
But they want to go further, and it is impossible to achieve anything further in this line of work.
The mayor took one look at the stern look on her face and felt a lot more at ease. Although they had not been very happy with each other before, she did not seem to be a person who wanted to avenge public and private vengeance.
In order to show his respect for Zhou Man and the others, the village chief also asked people to catch two whitebait in the lake. He smiled and said: "There are so many fish in the lake, but this one is the most delicious, whether boiled or steamed."
It’s very delicious. I heard that Dr. Zhou likes this fish very much. I couldn’t buy it before, so I might as well try it more today.”
Man Bao didn't take it to heart. Their behavior in the town should not be hidden from him, but he definitely didn't know what happened in their yard.
Otherwise, he would know that Manbao and the others just ate whitebait yesterday.
However, the whitebait made by Sister-in-law He is still a little different from the whitebait made at the mayor's home. The taste is slightly different. It is smoother and more tender than the one made by Sister-in-law He, and it is not fishy or greasy. It looks quite delicious.
Manbao was very satisfied, so after the meal he took the initiative to list the materials needed to make the medicine, such as wooden barrels, cauldrons, pestles and the like.
Man Bao said: "We have to organize your warehouse first and make some medicines that are difficult to preserve. Just keep the rest. I will teach you how to preserve them."
But whether you can learn it or not depends on each person's qualifications. Manbao decided to mention it when sorting it out, and did not plan to teach any more.
She also wants to go to the Gobi to find other unlisted creatures.