Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen: Continue to Prosper
After listening to Li Min's formula, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown.
The main reason is that the formula given by Li Min is too simple. Just boiling willow bark can cure malignant colds?
If it was so easy, how could the doctors in Chang'an City, including the imperial doctors, be helpless?
Therefore, Li Shimin had no confidence in this prescription at all.
Moreover, Li Shimin also saw a trace of hesitation in Li Min's eyes just now.
This made Li Shimin unable to believe Li Min.
Li Shimin couldn't help but call the Imperial Physician's Office again and asked: "According to the Office, willow bark boiled into juice, can it cure malignant colds?"
The Imperial Medical Officer shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", the roots, bark, branches and leaves of willow can be used as medicine. They have the effects of eliminating phlegm and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and detoxification, diuresis and preventing wind. External application can cure toothache.
.But I think it is inappropriate to use willow bark to treat malignant colds."
Hearing the words of the Imperial Physician's Office, Li Shimin couldn't help but shook his head and said to Li Min: "Min'er, you heard it too. Your prescription is useless. My father is very busy, so you can go down first."
If Li Min's recipe were several times more complicated, Li Shimin probably wouldn't be so distrustful of him.
But this recipe is too simple, it's just willow bark.
Its functions have been summarized in Shennong’s Materia Medica, but it doesn’t have such miraculous effects at all!
Li Min is also anxious now, because Li Min knows very well that compared with medicinal materials such as honeysuckle, Pulsatilla, Dibu, etc., this is much more useful.
Moreover, Shennong’s Materia Medica has not yet fully developed the use of willow bark!
It was not until Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty that the efficacy of willow bark was further developed.
Even in later generations, aspirin can be regarded as one of the miracle drugs.
Therefore, Li Min couldn't help but said: "Father, my father's recipe is really effective. I also ask my father to quickly order the soldiers who are looking for medicinal materials to collect willow bark instead. Father, my father is serious. Please
Do you believe me this time?"
After pondering for a long time, Li Shimin said to Li Min: "Ming'er, how can willow bark cure malignant colds? Stop fooling around. Father, this is for your own good - go down!"
Li Min left the palace disappointed.
In fact, Li Shimin finally heard what Li Shimin said, and it was indeed for his own good.
My father was probably not sure whether willow bark could cure diseases, and if it failed, it would have very bad consequences.
The emperor actually ordered boiled willow bark for the people to drink, but it had no effect. What would the people think?
When the time comes, Li Min, who proposed this prescription, will definitely be severely punished.
However, willow bark is really more effective than the herbs you are looking for!
If it cannot be treated in time, this influenza epidemic will endanger the lives of many people.
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After walking out of the palace, Li Min sighed and finally decided to do something for the people of Tang Dynasty.
It is a pity that the thousand guards in his house have been seconded. Otherwise, with just these one thousand people, a lot of willow bark can be found and countless people can be saved.
But now, even if everyone in the house is mobilized, the manpower is still far from enough!
We are short of manpower!
How can we find so many people there?
Yes, if that doesn't work, go to the Qin family, Cheng family, and Yuchi family and borrow all their servants.
But halfway through, Li Min still stopped.
Because this time, Li Min himself was not sure whether boiling willow bark into juice was really useful.
Boiled willow bark branches contain salicylic acid, the main component of aspirin.
But even aspirin is not guaranteed to be effective against this influenza!
If it fails, it is very likely that the Qin family and the Cheng family will be dragged into the water. This is something Li Min does not want to see.
If that's the case, you can't ask them for help.
Now, there is still a problem of insufficient manpower!
Hey, if only I had enough wealth value, I could just buy the medicine directly in the mall and distribute it. Then why bother?
It’s all a prodigal’s fault!
Huh? Prodigal value? Prodigal value?
Damn, isn't this king the biggest loser in the Tang Dynasty? Are you worried about not having enough manpower?
Thinking of this, Li Min went directly to the first floor of the world, kicked out all the guests eating there, and announced that the business would be closed today.
Then he pulled all the waiters out of the restaurant and ordered them to pull all the cash in the world - hundreds of thousands of dollars - out of the restaurant.
Then he ordered the guys to find gongs and drums and promote them while beating them.
"Dang! Dang! Pay attention, everyone pays attention. The first floor in the world is buying willow bark for ten cents per pound, and you only have three days!"
"Pay attention, pay attention, the best store in the world is buying willow bark, one hundred coins per pound!"
The sound of gongs and drums resounded throughout Chang'an City.
Worried about not having enough manpower, Li Min also spent money to hire some people to shout in Chang'an City.
What is the price of ten cents per pound?
It’s equivalent to twenty yuan a pound in future generations!
And the willow bark is weighed on a scale, and it's easy to weigh a hundred pounds a day.
In other words, you can make two to three thousand yuan a day.
This kind of income would be considered a high income even in later generations, let alone the people of Chang'an at that time.
If someone else said this, people would definitely think it was a joke.
But the No. 1 building in the world is acquiring, so isn’t it the No. 1 prodigal son of the Tang Dynasty who is also acquiring?
As stupid as he is and with a lot of money, he can definitely do this kind of thing!
Well, it seems that there were rumors two days ago that he was an immortal descended from heaven, but looking at it now, isn't he just a prodigal?
Such a price sent the entire city of Chang'an into madness.
At this time, Cheng Chuliang, Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baoqi and other friends rushed over after receiving the news.
Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, why are you purchasing willow bark with such fanfare?"
Li Min couldn't help but explain: "Using willow bark to make medicine can cure malignant colds. There are so many patients in Chang'an City now, so..."
Before Li Min could finish speaking, Cheng Chuliang asked angrily: "Your Highness, why didn't you call us for such a good thing? It's really not interesting!"
Li Min smiled bitterly and said: "I am also making a guess. I am not sure whether it is really effective. If I call you, I won't be a burden to you!"
Cheng Huailiang said angrily: "Your Highness, when you say this, you don't regard us as brothers! Be careful that we break off our friendship with you! How can we be left out of this matter?"
Having said this, several people quickly sent people home to call the servants over.
These few people directly called hundreds of servants.
Now, the manpower problem is more than enough and all has been resolved.