"Of course we can, but it will take some time to transport it here." Wan Shufang heard the shopkeeper's implication, her eyes flickered, and she asked expectantly, "Are you asking this because you want to buy some medicinal herbs?"

"It's not me, it's a friend of mine. He is very picky. If the quality of the herbs is not good, not only will he not accept them, he will also scold us." The shopkeeper explained hurriedly.

Wan Shufang asked again, "The quality of my herbs is very good. If your friend really wants them, I will definitely raise some for him in the shortest possible time. But how much herbs does your friend want?"

"He needs fifty carts of medicinal herbs." The shopkeeper immediately said a number, and then said hesitantly, "He needs it urgently. Can you transport it as soon as possible?"

Wan Shufang was shocked by the number the shopkeeper said. He actually needed dozens of truckloads of medicinal materials, which must be more than ten tons.

Who is this person? Why does he need so many medicinal herbs?

Wan Shufang had all sorts of thoughts in her mind, but she didn't show them on her face. She just pretended to be surprised, "Does he really want so much? Shopkeeper, don't lie to me! This amount of medicinal materials is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"If I can make this deal, my family won't have to worry about this year or next year, so I have to make sure of this matter. By the way, where is your friend? Can he come and talk to me in person?"

Such a large quantity of medicinal herbs is not something that ordinary people can afford. Wan Shufang suspected that the shopkeeper's friend wanted so many medicinal herbs in order to seek refuge with someone.

"My friend is in this county right now. If you want to see him, I will go find him now and bring him to see you."

"Then I'll trouble you, shopkeeper."

Wan Shufang agreed immediately. Seeing this, the shopkeeper did not waste any time and went out to look for his friend.

When Chen Changli brought the patient back, he saw Wan Shufang, who looked worried. "What happened? Did the medicine preparation go wrong?"

"No." Wan Shufang immediately told him what the shopkeeper said, and speculated, "I suspect someone is buying up medicinal herbs in large quantities. These herbs may be in preparation for war."

"The Eighth Prince's men?" Chen Changli had an idea in his mind after hearing this.

Wan Shufang nodded immediately: "I also suspect that the man is the Eighth Prince's man, but it's too early to say that now. I have to meet him to be sure."

"By the way, opium was transported away. I suspect the person who got opium was not the Sixth Prince."

Chen Changli's thoughts quickly turned when he heard this: "Zaoyang County is not far from Yongzhou. Even if we rush, it will take ten days."

"These ten days are enough for us to cause a big stir in Zaoyang County and have someone send a pigeon to the Eighth Prince. As long as the Eighth Prince takes action, the spread of opium will be stranded."

When Wan Shufang heard this, she also thought it was the case, so she started to treat the patients immediately and then gave them Furong Health Pills.

After they left, the shopkeeper came with his friend.

"My name is Wen Baicao, nice to meet you two." The man who called himself Wen Baicao looked to be in his early fifties, with graying beard, but he looked energetic.

He glanced at Chen Changli and Wan Shufang with a sharp gaze, but after a moment his eyes fell on Chen Changli, "You look familiar, have we met somewhere before?"

When Wen Baicao said this, he stepped forward to observe Chen Changli, and a sharp light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

When Wan Shufang heard his words, her heart suddenly tightened and her body tensed up.

"I haven't seen you." Chen Changli sensed the change in Wan Shufang's aura, and immediately stepped forward to stand in front of her and protect her behind him.

Wan Shufang watched his little action, her eyes slightly warmed, but she said: "My husband is from Lanzhou. He became a medicinal material merchant after he met me. My husband and I traveled all over the country to do business and met many people, but we have never met you."

When she said this, her eyes were fixed on Wen Baicao, wanting to see any changes in his expression.

Wen Baicao stroked the beard and smiled: "Haven't you seen me before? Haha, actually I also think we haven't met before, but this young man looks very familiar, like an old friend."

He deliberately emphasized the word "old friend", and then stared at Chen Changli with a smile, as if he was staring into Chen Changli's internal organs in this way.

"It's not uncommon for people in the world to have similarities." When Chen Changli heard something wrong in his tone, his heart suddenly rose to his throat and his body tensed up, like a beast ready to pounce.

Wen Baicao frowned as if he had sensed something, then changed the subject and said, "You're right, I was obsessed. The shopkeeper is my friend, and he said that you two can prepare the herbs I want. I wonder where your herb planting base is? Can I go and take a look in person?"

Wan Shufang shook her head: "That place is too far away. If you go there in person, I'm afraid we won't be able to discuss this medicinal materials business until next year."

"So far? Then why do you and your wife come here to do business?" Wen Baicao found it a bit ridiculous when he heard it.

Wan Shufang immediately explained: "We all carry prepared medicinal materials when we go out to do business. Isn't that the same for you?"

When asked back, Wen Baicao was silent for a while, shook his head and sighed: "This is my first time doing medicinal materials business, and I ended up meeting you two. It seems that God thinks we are destined to meet, so he specially arranged for us to meet here."

There was something else behind his words, as if he was testing her. Wan Shufang's heart felt slightly heavy, and her vigilance became even more serious.

"We are indeed destined to be together." Chen Changli answered calmly, and then asked in a roundabout way, "Although Zaoyang County is prosperous and surrounded by mountains, it is easy to produce medicinal materials, but there is no big drug dealer with good ability. This is really a bit strange, Mr. Wen, what do you think?"

Wen Baicao chuckled and said, "There are no big drug dealers here. That's naturally because the mountain people in the mountains are arbitrary and do not want the drug dealers to cut off their business."

If his words were normal, no one would doubt it, but the Wumeng Mountains near Zaoyang County are the territory of the Xintianhui.

When he said this at this time, Chen Changli felt that there was something wrong.

He suspected that Wen Baicao knew the situation in the Wumeng Mountains and wanted to buy a large amount of medicinal materials. He probably wanted to contact the people from the Xintian Society.

"To be honest, my husband and I were just small drug dealers before, and we never expanded our business far and wide. It was with the help of others that we were able to expand our business to this size."

"So, Mr. Wen, we will definitely be able to gather all the herbs you want, and each herb is of excellent quality and will never let you down."

Chen Changli's confident words surprised Wen Baicao for a moment.

He stared at Chen Changli in disbelief, not knowing what he was thinking about, and suddenly asked, "Do you know Yang Qingzhao?"

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