At this time, countless people in Chang'an City were plunged into madness.
Because Liang Wang, the most prodigal son of the Tang Dynasty, purchased willow bark, and the price he offered was really crazy.
It costs ten cents a pound!
As long as one hundred kilograms is made a day, it costs one thousand pence, which is enough for a family to use for several months.
Countless people grabbed machetes, kitchen knives, and some even scissors, ran out of their homes, and went straight to the river embankment and other places with willow trees.
Many families even mobilized their entire families and acted quickly.
And those places with willow trees have been besieged by more and more people.
Later, the common people couldn't even encircle it.
Everyone was grabbing the bark, and some were about to get into a fight.
Some small willow trees have even been stripped bare by machetes.
There are still a lot of willow trees in Chang'an City, but they can't handle the large number of people!
In almost no time, all the willow trees in the city were stripped naked, and each willow tree looked like a woman taking off her clothes, revealing her white and tender body.
After suffering this calamity, I can see that I will not survive.
Some smart people quickly left the city and ran outside the city.
There are too many monks and too few rice porridge in the city, and there are obviously not enough willow trees to divide them, but there are still some outside the city.
Especially Baqiao in the east of the city, that area has the most willow trees, and they are all so big that one person cannot hold them in his arms.
How many kilograms of bark can be peeled from a tree? How many copper coins is it worth?
At this moment, the willow tree in Baqiao has been linked to copper coins!
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Outside the first building in the world, people finally came with willow bark.
This was a family of three. The couple and their son, who was 13 or 14 years old, rushed outside the First Floor of the World carrying a large frame of willow bark.
The three members of this family were still quite uneasy.
Although the King of Liang sent people to buy willow bark with gongs and drums, who knows whether it is true or false?
What if they don’t accept it by then?
Ten cents a pound! Probably only a madman could do such a thing.
When they carried the willow bark over anxiously, they were a little relieved that Li Min, the king of Liang, immediately ordered someone to weigh them.
This basket of willow bark, minus the weight of the frame, is quite rich!
After getting the money, they turned around and left, deciding to try their luck outside the city. If they could get more willow bark, they would really make a fortune.
"etc!"
The couple turned around and asked in surprise, "Is there anything wrong with Your Highness calling the civilians to stop?"
Li Min couldn't help but said: "When you go back, please help spread the word. Anyone with a malignant cold in their family can just carry them to my first floor in the world, drink a bowl of soup, and give each person one hundred cents!"
"Okay, Your Highness, after we return as husband and wife, we will definitely help you promote it!"
When the couple heard that it was such a simple matter, they couldn't help but feel relieved. Seeing that Li Min had no other instructions, they quickly turned around and left.
Li Min ordered people to set up ten large pots outside the first floor of the world and add water to the pots.
Wash and chop the willow bark, wrap it in gauze, and put it into a pot to cook.
And this bark only contains pink bark inside.
The cooking time should not be too long. After the water boils, boil it for a few more minutes until the color of the water changes to reddish brown.
At this time, turn off the fire, pour out the cooked soup and store it separately.
At this time, more and more people came to sell willow bark.
Every citizen who sold out left happily with money in their hands.
And those people who haven't had their turn yet have anxious expressions on their faces, fearing that they won't buy it when it's their turn.
And for every citizen who left, Li Min would ask them to go back and spread the news. As long as a patient with a malignant cold came to drink a bowl of soup, he would give one hundred pence.
Not long after, it was the turn of a young man with slanted eyes and a hooked nose to sell tree bark.
After weighing him, he found that his bark actually weighed more than 130 kilograms, which was the heaviest weight today.
After pouring out the bark, Li Min checked it and couldn't help but ask the young man: "Wait a minute, what kind of bark are you talking about here?"
The young man said evasively: "Of course they are all willow bark?"
Li Min said angrily: "Look at this, and this, is this willow bark? Ah? You actually want to deceive me? You are really blind! Someone, arrest him, and give him a hard time."
Hit hard!"
Li Min gave the order, and immediately seven or eight servants rushed out, grabbed the young man, and beat him violently with punches to the flesh.
Not long after, the young man was beaten until his whole body was swollen, and it was estimated that even his mother-in-law would not recognize him when he returned home.
In this way, Li Min was still dissatisfied and ordered someone to plant a pillar in front of the door and tie the young man to the pillar.
In this way, all the people who come to sell tree bark can see this person.
After learning about the previous causes and consequences, some people could not help but quietly re-examine their own bark and quietly throw away some other bark.
It turns out that King Liang is not easy to fool! Although he has a lot of money, he is not stupid.
But there seems to be something wrong with my brain. If there was nothing wrong with my brain, how could I buy willow bark for ten cents a pound?
However, Prince Liang seems to have a very bad temper!
The young man just mixed some other bark with willow bark, so he was caught and beaten so hard that he almost lost his human form.
In fact, Li Min didn't just want to hit him?
I even wanted to kill him!
He purchased willow bark to save the lives of the sick people in the city.
But he is greedy for a small profit and adulterates other tree barks. This is simply seeking money and harming life!
As time went by, Li Min acquired more and more willow bark.
Now there is no place to store the boiled soup.
Li Min stopped making soup and medicine for the time being.
At this time, patients began to be carried over.
Some patients have high fever and are almost in coma, and there is no prescription to cure the disease. They are basically waiting to die.
If they could make a hundred cents before dying, they would definitely be willing to do so.
The first patient to come was a gray-haired old man, who was carried over by his two sons.
After the old man drank a bowl of soup, Li Min happily paid them one hundred coins.
Just when the family was about to leave, they were stopped by Li Min.
"Wait a minute, I see that you two brothers also have symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose. Are you also sick?"
The two brothers quickly said: "Your Highness, although the common people have contracted a cold, they are strong and have no serious problems. It doesn't matter."
