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All the money earned from the all-encompassing business was invested in the medicine business. Zhen Wenjun asked Lingbi to help her, and dispatched people to purchase large quantities of cheap medicines such as rhubarb, gallnut, and lotus in nearby counties. Zhen Wenjun brought expensive and rare medicines with Lingbi himself. Gather another group of servants to dig around.

During the year that he stayed with Jiang Daochang, Jiang Daochang took her to the mountains all day long, and the medical books and atlases were almost torn apart by her.Although I dare not say that all the medicinal principles are well understood, it is necessary to know the medicinal materials most needed in the battlefield.

Both belladonna and night hibiscus have analgesic, paralyzing and stimulating properties and were in great demand on the northern battlefields.Belladonna is not hard to find, but night hibiscus is hard to find.Because it is expensive and profitable, the night hibiscus is specially planted in Suichuan, but so far there is no sign of planting in Dongchun, but Zhen Wenjun can find out where the wild night hibiscus may grow by surveying the landform.

Night hibiscus usually grows on the edge of the swamp and grows continuously. As long as one is found, it is easy to harvest a large area.Just like its name, the night hibiscus is mostly mimicry during the day, and it looks like a pile of withered grass from a distance, which is extremely difficult to detect. Only at night will it emit a little blue light, attracting nocturnal insects to approach.

She dug up all the Ye Furong in Tao Juncheng, but the quantity was not much, so she had to go to Suichuan to buy them.But when Lingbi heard that she was going to Suichuan, she immediately stopped her.

Zhen Wenjun said: "Why can't I go? The [-]-day deadline set by my sister will arrive in no time, and only Suichuan has the medicinal materials I need. If I can't go, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task set by my sister."

Lingbi said: "It's not that I won't let you go, it's just that you don't know that Suichuan is in chaos now, if you go there, there will be good or bad, how should I explain to the girl? You can't go."

Zhen Wenjun naturally understood that Lingbi was still keeping an eye on her, so he tugged on Lingbi's sleeve and said, "My dear sister, why don't we bring more guards and hidden guards?"

Lingbi was very firm: "No, I can't go."

Zhen Wenjun rubbed Lingbi for two days, but in the end he had no choice but to discuss with Lingbi and arrange someone to go to Suichuan to help her collect medicinal materials.Lingbi hesitated for a while and agreed.She was arranged to be the shopkeeper of Wei's Medicine Store in Tao Juncheng, and before leaving, Zhen Wenjun explained to him carefully.

The shopkeeper lived up to Zhen Wenjun's entrustment and collected all the night hibiscus near Suichuan. Five days later, the carriage returned and parked outside the courtyard. Lingbi went out with Zhen Wenjun and opened the curtain of the carriage to see that the whole cart was full of night hibiscus. .

Lingbi took one and crushed it with his hands and put it in front of his nose for a sniff. It tasted sweet and fishy, ​​with its unique pungent aroma.

Lingbi asked: "You only have 300 taels of silver, how did you take this cart? As far as I know, this high-grade night hibiscus has extremely high requirements on the growing environment, and the price has gradually increased due to successive years of war. Let alone 300 taels for a cart, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to buy one-third of this.”

Zhen Wenjun asked Ye Furong to be taken out of the car and weighed: "Ye Furong is resistant to cold and likes cold. In order to survive, the colder the region, the more its leaves can store juice to withstand the harsh environment. The climate in Taojun City is too warm, but Ye Furong It grows small. Suichuan has a cold climate, which is the most suitable growth environment for Ye Furong. There are hundreds of acres of plantations in Suichuan, and the price is naturally much lower than that of Dongchun. Even if I ask people to pay more than Suichuan local The price is still only half of that of Dongchun, and the farmers are still willing to sell it. This is the principle of 'knowing the land wins, choosing the land to make money'."

Lingbi said "Oh?": "But the officials are not stupid. Since Suichuan is cheap, why don't you go to Suichuan to collect it? Why do you still miss your car that doubles the price?"

"If the officials can accept it, it will save me the energy to run around, but it's better if they don't accept it."

"how do I say this."

"If the officials harvest it in Dongchun, they will give five liang of silver per catty at most, but if I sell it to the gentry of the big towns, maybe I can sell it for seven or eight liang. Why not?"

It turned out that Zhen Wenjun's target was not the official family but the Dongchun gentry.When she said this, Lingbi also thought of it. After years of continuous wars, Dayu's army became weaker and weaker. The treasury was empty. In many cases, even food and wages could not be paid out. More and more young men are trying to escape military service—where to go? Living is not living, so why bother to go to the front line to die, let alone earn a living in other places until the age of 60, go to the north to fight, maybe you will die tomorrow.Fewer and fewer people are willing to go to the front line, Yu's army is getting weaker and weaker, and it is difficult to resist the vicious barbarians.Sima, who was in charge of military distribution, ordered all the gentry and gentry in all the counties and counties of Dayu to send reinforcements to the front line if they had a part.The trilogy is the private soldiers of the gentry, and they are the private property of the gentry just like the slaves. The central government will definitely give benefits to the gentry if they are forced to go, otherwise, if the major gentry jointly rebel, it will definitely make the already desolate Da Yu Jiangshan even more precarious. .So Sima Shu Tianzi issued a "conscription order" to donate land to the gentry as compensation.The gentry had manpower, and when they got the land, they would cultivate it vigorously. When the autumn harvest came, the officials would come to buy grain.In this way, when the soldiers are recruited, there will be food and grass for the next year's battle, and the sheep will be fat and the horse will be strong, and they will be able to kill a few more bandits.

Although the central government transferred private soldiers, these private soldiers still belonged to the gentry, and their supplies, food, and even funerals were still handled by the gentry, and the medicines accompanying the army were naturally prepared with money from the gentry.For a period of time, in order to unify the allocation, the government issued a document, so that the gentry only paid money, and the government took care of food and burial.Unexpectedly, a small Zhongsan doctor who participated in it embezzled and handed in a large amount of money as much as 100 million taels. All the money collected from various places fell into his pocket, and all the food distributed to the front line was moldy old food.This person was found out by the Houyi tribe, and later the major gentry clans jointly went to Shu Tianzi saying that his own soldiers should be raised by his own family, at least it would be safer to spend the money where he can see it.

In this way, the medicines such as Ye Furong were purchased by the nobles themselves.

In the year of the Great Desolation, the gentry still had no shortage of money, but supplies.Zhen Wenjun is sure that even if this batch of night hibiscus is sold for ten taels of silver per catty, Dongchun's aristocratic family will still rush to buy them.You must know that Ye Furong is not only used on the battlefield, but more will be hidden in their homes by scholar-bureaucrats.

At the beginning when Wei Tingxu said that he wanted to set A Liao's room full of Furongsan on fire, Zhen Wenjun only thought the name "Furongsan" was familiar, and he didn't think about Ye Furong for a while.After thinking about it, Ah Liao's face is as pale as a female ghost, isn't it the result of long-term use of addictive powder?This Furong Powder must have something to do with Ye Furong, it should be the popular medicine powder of Dongchun's generation of nobles.

Zhen Wenjun is always curious about all kinds of incomprehensible things. When she was strolling in Taojun City and wanted to contact Qingliu, in order to inquire about it and to confuse Lingbi's sight, she caught many idlers chatting, and asked this Furong San Things.Sure enough, this Furong Powder is a medicine made from the rhizome of Hibiscus hibiscus, which is ground into powder and mixed with other four stones in proportion.Of course, this kind of poison must have strong side effects. It is difficult to control the mood when excited, and it will be extremely harmful to the body if it is taken too much.The wind of smoking Furong powder blows from the capital, and all the gentry from Pingcang to Dongchun take pleasure in smoking this product. If you don’t smoke Furong powder, you will be excluded easily. Less jokes.

Dongchun scholars have become addicted to taking Furong powder, and they have to eat it for themselves while sending it to the front line. The demand is huge, and they will ask for as much as they have, and they will even bid high prices to compete with each other.

Zhen Wenjun only hated that she had too little money, otherwise she would have used Ye Furong to pry Dongchun up.

A whole car of Ye Furong was sold for 300 taels, which was a bit more than she expected.If someone transports and resells back and forth between Suichuan and Dongchun, if the time is long enough, 1 taels will not be a problem.It's just that time is tight, and it will take five days at the fastest to go back and forth, and half of the [-]-day limit has passed, so I'm afraid it's too late; second, Suichuan Ye Furong has been bought by merchants and officials from various parties as early as autumn It's almost there, and the inventory is very small. The previous car was finally obtained by scraping around and increasing the price.

There are still a large number of ordinary medicinal materials with meager profits, and Zhen Wenjun doesn't count on them at all. If it goes on like this, three to five thousand taels will not be a problem, but if it costs tens of thousands, it may still be a bit short.

Perhaps Wei Tingxu had already done the calculations before he came up with the question, the amount of money he could earn was mediocre, three to five thousand taels could be achieved by many people with a little effort.And those who can earn 5000 taels within 1 days are the talents she needs.

If he fails the first test, Wei Tingxu will be greatly disappointed, and it will be even more difficult to gain a foothold by her side in the future.

Zhen Wenjun sat on the cart transporting medicinal materials and her mind was so painful that she couldn't think of a better way. When she was worried, her shoulder injury also started to attack. The soreness and anxiety made her restless.

"The girl will be back in three days, has the little lady thought of a better way to make money?" Lingbi asked standing beside her.

She has seen Zhen Wenjun's wit in the past seventeen days, but she has a better idea of ​​how much money he has made.There are only more than 4000 taels in total, which is still a long way from the goal of 1 taels.There are only three days left, seeing Zhen Wenjun frowning, it seems that he is holding back his hands and waiting to die.

Lingbi was clearly gloating and waiting to see a good show, Zhen Wenjun didn't want to pay attention to her, the more she looked at the load of medicinal herbs, the more she thought about it, the easier it was to let go, her thoughts were tangled up, and her chest felt tight.

In other words, the way of business is nothing more than "knowing the place to win and choosing the place to make money, buying when it is cheap and selling it when it is expensive", and the business has a long history, and there are still a few who have the ability to eat and become fat... Maybe there is really no other way, Zhen Wenjun thinks How about waiting for Wei Tingxu to come back and beg her for mercy, let her forgive me, and make up for it in other areas in the future?

No, the road paved with so much hard work and painstaking care would be in vain.Zhen Wenjun told himself that he could not give up easily, there were still three days left, and there must be a way.

Three or five people hurried past with buckets. When Zhen Wenjun regained his senses and looked around again, he heard someone yelling for more people to carry water.The streets were noisy, and almost every household ran out, carrying two full buckets of water in the direction of the south city gate.

Zhen Wenjun stopped a gentleman and asked him what happened.Mr. Nalang said that Jun County to the east of Taojun City was on fire, and everyone was going there to bring water to fight the fire.

Zhen Wenjun immediately followed the crowd to check the situation, and before reaching the city gate, he saw the blue sky and white sun, and the fire was burning into the sky. It seemed that the fire was not small.

Jun County is the main road of Dongchun Mountain Road, where countless shops and trucks gather. The fire started from the north, and along with the howling north wind, the fire spread rapidly to the south.Half of the city was submerged in the sea of ​​flames. Countless people fled and wailed, and some even rushed into the fire to rescue their wives and children regardless of their lives, but were stopped by others, and the scene was in chaos.

People in Lin County rushed to put out the fire one after another. Zhen Wenjun, regardless of his injuries, threw himself into the fire with Lingbi and the others.It took two hours for the fire to be brought under control, and the huge Jun County was almost razed to the ground.

Zhen Wenjun's face was scorched black from the smoke, and he was so tired that he slumped on the ground regardless of his appearance.Lingbi's hair was also burned to the point of curling, and she held a child in her arms whose parents died of fright, and couldn't stop comforting her.

Not far away, the county magistrate and officials of Jun County were discussing something wistfully. Looking at the city that had been burned to a white background, Zhen Wenjun had a plan.

How could she have forgotten that there is one more thing in the business world-knowing the future and making money by forecasting.

This is a big deal, and the 4000 taels on hand are not enough.Once this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to turn around.

Zhen Wenjun wandered around Lingbi's room, looking here and there, and finally stopped in front of the exquisite vase by the bed.

"Don't even think about it." Lingbi stood behind her, her face darker than hers.

"Sister, dear sister, please lend me it." Zhen Wenjun pleaded.

"What are you going to do with it? Are you going to sell it?"

"No, absolutely not." Zhen Wenjun denied it righteously, "I just took it as a pawn, and I will definitely redeem it in the future. There are only three days, this is my last chance, sister, you must help I'm the."

"Why don't you pawn your everything!"

"That won't work, that's the treasure that Sister Tingxu gave me! It's my heart!"

"Are you ashamed?! This is also the treasure that the girl gave me! I promised to pay back my money earlier, even tall people have seen it, but now you dare to take my things with the cheek! Get out!"

"Sister Lingbi, don't lose the big because of small things."

Ling Bi stared and was about to draw the knife, Zhen Wenjun saw that she was determined not to give, so he stomped his feet, hugged the vase and ran away!

How could Lingbi have thought that this little rascal would dare to rob her openly, flying out of the house and reaching out to pull her back and tear her in half.Unexpectedly, the little bastard was extremely agile, and he missed her and almost fell himself into a big somersault.Lingbi finally managed to stabilize her pace, the movement was too violent, causing the wound on her back to open, causing her face to turn pale in pain.

"Come on! Catch her!" Lingbi was so angry that she didn't care about the pain at all, and even used lightness kung fu, jumping up and kicking her in the back.

Seeing that he was about to be hit, Zhen Wenjun shouted: "If the vase is smashed because of my sister's violence, the loss outweighs the gain!"

Hearing this, Lingbi abruptly changed her movements in the air, the wound opened and oozes blood, and she couldn't stand firmly on the ground.

The servants in the yard laughed loudly, Zhen Wenjun didn't dare to stop, and hurried out with the baby in his arms.

Three days later, the spring breeze blew through Tao Juncheng, and Wei Tingxu came back.

Lingbi and the maids in the courtyard went out to meet her. She looked around but did not see Zhen Wenjun's shadow, so she asked:

"Where's Mr. Wen?"

Ling Bi wanted to say "dead", but there was a girl standing opposite, so it was hard to say these outrageous gossips, so she had to be patient and said: "She went out early in the morning, followed by two hidden guards, she just sent the news and came back Said her carriage should be back soon."

"Oh? Then let's wait for her here."

"Sister!" Zhen Wenjun, who was sitting in the carriage all the way, raised his head and waved to Wei Tingxu.

"You are..." Wei Tingxu's eyes fell on the three carriages. Zhen Wenjun was full of smiles, and asked the driver to help move the four large boxes. When he opened it, it was full of white silver. .

"2 taels of silver, please have a look at my sister."

"2 taels? I remember I wrote only 1 taels."

"That's right, my sister did write 1 taels of silver within [-] days, but since ancient times, the more money, the better. And sister, come and see!" After Zhen Wenjun took Wei Tingxu to the other two carriages, he lifted the cloth cover, The carriages were full of rice buckets.The lid of one of the barrels was lifted, and the rice was piled up to the top.

"This is only two carts of rice, and five carts have yet to arrive. They will all be delivered in three days. But sister, don't worry, I have already made an appointment with them for the delivery place, and they will not find it here."

Looking at Zhen Wenjun's energetic face, Wei Tingxu smiled gratifiedly.

"Lai Wenjun, I brought you some fresh fruits from the Hu Kingdom to taste. Let's go into the house to taste and talk, and I will give you some other gadgets to play with."