Pharmaceutical production is a very long production line.
The medicinal materials just collected are called crude drugs.
Although some crude drugs can be used directly as medicine, most crude drugs need to be processed.
This process is called medicine.
Only after pharmaceutical preparation can crude drugs be turned into usable medicinal materials.
The efficacy of a drug not only depends on the drug itself, but also has a lot to do with the quality of its preparation.
The Pharmacy Classic says: "Pharmaceuticals are expensive when they are moderate. If they are not enough, the efficacy will be difficult to obtain; if they are too much, the smell will be lost."
Pharmaceutical methods include picking, picking, kneading, rubbing, grinding, brushing, scraping, pounding, planing, peeling, cutting, pounding, knocking, grinding, winnowing, basketing, sifting, splitting, sawing, tying, squeezing and other items.
A medicinal farmer can only complete the rough processing of part of the medicinal materials at most, while the disciples of the Shennong Baicao Sect must understand the full set of processes. It takes at least five or six years for an apprentice to become a skilled worker.
Only skilled workers are eligible to become formal apprentices.
Among them, in the pharmaceutical process, an indispensable and important excipient is salt.
Salt can not only be used for pickling and pickling, but can also be used for stir-frying. In the pharmaceutical process, a huge amount of salt is used.
Although Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen only produces low-priced Baicao series elixirs, its sales are very large, so the pharmaceutical workshop also has a huge demand for salt, using almost thousands of kilograms of salt every month.
That's why I bought three hundred kilograms of salt at once.
The trading of private salt in ancient pharmaceutical workshops is just like the buying and selling of poisons in modern pharmaceutical companies. They are all matters separated by a layer of paper and are completely controlled by extremely strict rules.
Similarly, once these two behaviors are discovered, the consequences are very similar.
This is why Huang Xiaoshi is so angry.
These three hundred kilograms of illicit salt were enough for the government to wipe out the Shennong Baicao Gate in Luoyang. There were hundreds of people in the gate, and no one could escape.
When Lao Zhang saw Lao Xu's appearance, he was also heartbroken. He said to Lao Xu: "Master Shi and I have read the accounts. On the 19th of this month, the chef happened to buy five kilograms of salt. He made a note of it.
Well, the price of salt has gone up.
On the 20th, 300 kilograms of salt were purchased, and the price was still the same as before. This means that this salt is not official salt at all."
When Lao Xu heard this, he immediately understood. He said to Huang Xiaoshi: "Master Shi, listen to me.
No matter how deceived I am, I dare not buy private salt.
I just took some filial piety money, I really don’t dare to buy private salt!
Yes, it’s Ma Erwa, I gave him the salt, he went to buy it!
I'll call him in right away to confront him!"
Lao Xu struggled to go out, but was stopped by Huang Xiaoshi.
"Lao Xu, kneel down for me." Huang Xiaoshi said to Lao Zhang: "Lao Zhang, go and call Ma Erwa."
After a while, Lao Zhang came over with a young man. When the man saw Lao Xu kneeling on the ground, he was stunned for a moment, turned around and wanted to run away.
Huang Xiaoshi's figure flashed behind Ma Erwa. He was as powerful as the wind and as fast as lightning. He stretched out his hand and tapped Ma Erwa's back a few times. Ma Erwa's lower body was instantly unconscious.
When it comes to acupuncture, Huang Xiaoshi is a professional. In the current arena, he is ranked second, and no one dares to be ranked first.
Ma Erwa, whose lower body was as hard as a rock, was pulled over by Lao Zhang, while Huang Xiaoshi closed the door tightly.
This hut is the innermost courtyard of Shennong Baicao Gate. No matter what happens here, it will not spread to the street.
Because the doorman never walks into this courtyard, even if he hears any noise coming from inside, he will "not hear it".
This yard was left to Huang Xiaoshi for himself, and these are the rules.
…
"Ma Erwa, tell me, did you buy private salt?" Lao Xu asked Ma Erwa with half his face swollen and his tongue hanging out with heartbreaking anger.
"Xu, Mr. Xu, I..." Ma Erwa understood everything when she saw this formation.
Xu Youcai won Huang Xiaoshi's trust, so Xu Youcai took charge of the procurement of all raw materials for Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen Pharmaceutical.
Gradually, Lao Xu became a little restless. He subcontracted his purchasing rights to others. Not only did this save trouble and worry, but he also got a little filial piety money every month.
But what Lao Xu never expected was that someone would dare to buy private salt in order to make more money.
One extremely important source of taxes for the imperial court was salt and iron.
For every kilogram of salt sold by the government, 10% is the cost of salt production, 10% is the profit of transportation, and the remaining 80% is all taxes.
Since private salt is not taxed, it is equivalent to the buyer and seller sharing 80% of the salt tax privately. Usually, the price of private salt is only half of that of official salt.
Under the scrutiny of Huang Xiaoshi and Lao Zhang, Ma Erwa knew that she was in trouble when she saw Lao Xu's swollen face again.
"Master Xu, I, I did buy some private salt and mixed it in." Ma Erwa said coquettishly to Old Xu.
"How did you do this? How much did you buy in total?" Lao Xu asked Ma Erwa.
This Ma Erwa is also a smart person. Since he dares to take personal money, he must be smart.
Shennong Baicaomen is a large consumer of salt. There is a fixed amount of salt purchased from the government every month. This must not be faked.
If there is less salt purchased in any month, the government will know immediately.
Ma Erwa secretly bought the portion of Shennong Baicaomen's production that had increased since he took over as private salt.
In this way, God doesn't know, ghosts don't know, the government doesn't know, and Lao Xu doesn't know either. In addition to the filial piety money, I can save several taels of silver a month.
"How much did you buy in total?" Lao Xu asked Ma Erwa impatiently, "Tell me!"
Lao Xu stretched out his hand and pointed the sole of his shoe at Ma Erwa's face.
The thick soles of Guanzhong shoes are no different from a wooden board when slapped on the face.
Ma Erwa was so dizzy from the shoe sole that he stuttered: "Four, four or five thousand catties..."
Ma Erwa's words shocked even the well-informed Huang Xiaoshi.
Four to five thousand catties.
There's no way this can go well.
"One last thing to ask you, where did you buy the private salt?" Huang Xiaoshi pushed Lao Xu away and asked Ma Erwa.
Ma Erwa dodged Huang Xiaoshi's gaze, lowered her head and said, "The dock at Tiangangmen."
I×.
Huang Xiaoshi asked Ma Erwa in detail about the causes and consequences of buying private salt and the details of each transaction. Huang Xiaoshi reached out and touched the dumb point on the back of Ma Erwa's head, and then said to Lao Xu and Lao Zhang
: "Go get a table of food and buy a few more jars of wine.
You two eat first. At midnight, pour this guy a few jars of wine, and then throw it into the well in the yard."
When Huang Xiaoshi said this, Ma Erwa's eyes rolled around. He stared and shed tears, and the muscles in his whole body were so stiff that he could not move.
Huang Xiaoshi hates people who have no ability but dare to show off their skills and tricks, because whether they can capsize depends not on their skills but on their luck.
People's luck cannot always be good.
The capsizing of Huangxiaoshilang is an extreme event.
It is inevitable that this kind of wave will capsize the ship, and they have never considered what will happen if the wave capsizes.
What's more serious is that Ma Erwa cannot afford this incident. Such a fatal event will inevitably drag down the Shennong Baicaomen.
Even if Huang Xiaoshi goes out on his own, he has to consider whether it will implicate Shennong Baicaomen. This guy actually hangs hundreds of lives on his waist and commits suicide at will.
Huang Xiaoshi is the leader of the Shennong Baicao Sect. If he doesn't enforce the family rules, the branch will be broken up.
Huang Xiaoshi needed to go out immediately. He wanted to go to the place where Ma Erwa made his confession to check.
Killing Ma Erwa and silencing them is the top priority.
As long as Ma Erwa is silenced and the path of private information is cut off, there will be no evidence and no way to investigate.
As for Huang Xiaoshi's investigation, it was just a matter of convenience.
He just wanted to see how wild the Tiangangmen's path was.
…
The dock of Tiangangmen is not in Luoyang City, but on the Yellow River to the north of Luoyang City, about eighty miles away from Luoyang City.
After leaving Luoyang City, Huang Xiaoshi ran all the way along the official road. Although he also learned to ride a horse, horses are not the kind of portable mounts in the game. They will gallop away from sight after whistling.
Come.
It is more convenient to use your own feet.
In less than an hour, Huang Xiaoshi had arrived at the dock of the Yellow River.
This pier is very large and has four berths, one of which is dedicated to Tiangangmen.
Tiangangmen is in the department store business. To put it simply, it sells everything.
Some people look down on the department store business and think that the jade and jewelry business is high-end.
In fact, in terms of profit and long-term stability, jade jewelry is really not as good as department stores.
The wharf was full of people and cars, and it was very lively. There were boats of all sizes parked on the Yellow River, some waiting to unload their cargo, and some after unloading their cargo, letting people go to the shore to relax while waiting for the checkout.
Huang Xiaoshi moved forward slowly with the crowd. When passing by Tiangangmen Pier, Huang Xiaoshi turned on [Warrior Sense] and dodged hard.
As Huang Xiaoshi's perception spread, everything within a ten-foot radius was detected. Huang Xiaoshi "saw" the square objects under a pile of cloth.
However, the surprises didn't stop there. Huang Xiaoshi accidentally discovered that there was a master on board.
What was more unfortunate was that Huang Xiaoshi did not use the maximum power when he sensed it, which naturally shocked the warrior on the ship.
In an instant, their auras connected, as if there was an invisible straight line connecting them.
Anyone who has never been to the North has heard this rumor: As long as two men's eyes meet, a fight is inevitable.
It is not uncommon for two warriors to say "What are you looking at" and then slash at each other with a single blow?
This is not a tantrum, but a way of protecting one's privacy.
People who do not pay attention to protecting privacy and allow their enemies to find out their true identity generally do not live long in the world.
This is also the reason why Gong Guangjie repeatedly warned Huang Xiaoshi not to use his senses randomly. If he accidentally dodges a master, he won't even have time to cry.
Today, Huang Xiaoshi unexpectedly encountered a master.
At this moment, Huang Xiaoshi was in a very bad mood. If someone wanted to make a fight, he would just unleash the evil fire in his heart.
Huang Xiaoshi stood quietly on the shore, looking at the black boats in the river and adjusting his breathing.
After a while, the curtain on the boat was lifted, and the person who emerged was an acquaintance.
"Brother Huang." Lu Shaolin stood on the boat and shouted to Huang Xiaoshi on the shore.
As soon as he saw Lu Shaolin, Huang Xiaoshi understood instantly and understood many things.
For example, where did the illegal salt piled on the dock come from and how was it transported?
Obviously, Tiangangmen, Jinfeng Escort Bureau, and Haisha Gang are a complete private salt trafficking gang.
If Huang Xiaoshi guessed correctly, Tiangangmen is responsible for sales, Jinfeng Escort Bureau is responsible for trafficking, and the Haisha Gang is responsible for producing salt.
No wonder that burly Xiong Tianba had no money to buy kerosene and thunder bullets. He couldn't make that much money just by fishing, even if he caught all the fish in the sea.
No wonder Lu Shaolin felt like going home when he entered a brothel. He spent enough money to buy Yichun Courtyard.
Well, no, this money is not earned for them.
If Huang Xiaoshi guessed correctly, the Jinfeng Escort Bureau and the Haisha Gang had also been captured by King Cheng. He only kept a small part of the personal money they earned, and most of it was actually used to raise military expenses for King Cheng.
Thinking of this, Huang Xiaoshi's aura had long since dissipated.
We are all family members, if you want to vent your anger again, that would be too much.
After all, compared to what we are about to do, it is just a few kilograms of personal salt, a drizzle.
At most, Huang Xiaoshi can only restrain his disciples.
…
Lu Shaolin was running his skills in the boat. He suddenly sensed that there was a master on the shore looking for this place. Lu Shaolin's heart tightened, and he rushed out of the black boat with the sharp knife beside him.
As soon as he saw Huang Xiaoshi standing on the shore, Lu Shaolin felt relieved.
I don't know what happened to Huang Xiaoshi, but it was a coincidence that I met Huang Xiaoshi. Lu Shaolin happened to have something extremely troublesome and wanted to ask for help.
It was not a good place to talk too much. After Lu Shaolin sheathed his sword, he exchanged a few pleasantries with Huang Xiaoshi, then took out two fast horses and took Huang Xiaoshi to Luoyang City for a drink.
He didn't know why Lu Shaolin was so polite, but Huang Xiaoshi knew that Lu Shaolin didn't just want to drink. So Huang Xiaoshi, full of words, followed Master Lu on his horse and ran towards Luoyang City.
After returning to Luoyang, Huang Xiaoshi took Lu Shaolin back to Shennong Baicaomen first.
When they arrived at the Shennong Baicao Gate, Huang Xiaoshi said "Wait a minute" to Lu Shaolin. He got off his horse and walked quickly towards the door.
Walking back to the room in his small courtyard, Huang Xiaoshi saw a large table in the room filled with wine and food.
At the table, Lao Xu and Lao Zhang were drinking. Next to them, standing on a wooden stake, was Ma Erwa, who was about to throw it into the well after dark.
I didn’t eat much of the food, but I drank a lot of wine.
Both Lao Xu and Lao Zhang were worried and drank to relieve their boredom. The more they drank, the more bored they became.
Bang, the door was pushed open and Huang Xiaoshi walked in.
As soon as Lao Xu and Lao Zhang saw Huang Xiaoshi coming back, they stood up.
Huang Xiaoshi walked to Ma Erwa quietly and stretched out his hand to relieve his acupuncture points.
Ma Erwa, who had been standing with tensed muscles for most of the day, had his acupuncture points removed in this way. His whole body went limp, and he fell to his knees and collapsed.
"Master Shi, have mercy on me, have mercy on Master Shi!" Ma Erwa howled.
"As for you, you're lucky. I happened to meet an acquaintance today, and I thought I'd better let you go. If anyone knew anything about today's matter, you would have gone into the well in the middle of the night. Do you know?"
Huang Xiaoshi said to Ma Erwa.
Then, Huang Xiaoshi turned his head and said to the two people who were looking at each other: "Old Xu, Old Zhang, please keep an eye on this kid, don't let him run away. I'm going to eat now, and we'll talk about it when I get back in the evening."
Huang Xiaoshi turned around and went out again. Today he was going to take Mr. Lu to eat the mutton pot in Ke Yue Lou.