Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

When the news of chasing Concubine Qi came, Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng were checking and accepting the first batch of pills and powder they ordered in the Song family's pharmacy.The efficiency of the Song family pharmacy is higher than Rong Zhuo imagined, and the goods were shipped ahead of time before they reached the agreed time.

The news that Concubine Qi was posthumously was brought by Su Yun.

Su Yun's father worked in the Ministry of Rites, so he was among the first to know the news.

"Aren't you very close to His Royal Highness Yan Wang? I went to you as soon as I heard the news. Later, I heard that your servant said that you were here, and I found it again." Su Yun asked the clerk of the pharmacy to give him Poured a bowl of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and said to Duan Zheng: "You have to treat someone to dinner today, I'm exhausted from running all the way."

Song Ming'an on the side said: "Didn't you come here in a carriage?"

"I'm also tired from the carriage ride." Su Yun complained.

"Why does Your Majesty suddenly want to pursue Concubine Qi?" Duan Zheng was puzzled.

"It's not important. What's important is that his move is obviously to promote the banquet king." Su Yun analyzed to him: "There were people in the court who were worried that the Queen's death, I'm afraid His Majesty would soften his heart and forgive the prince. Now it seems They really thought too much, His Majesty chased after Concubine Qi to be the imperial concubine, which means that Concubine Qi's status among concubines is only second to that of the Empress, so the status of His Royal Highness Yan Wang will naturally rise."

Rong Zhuo on the side sighed when he heard the words, but he didn't feel too happy.

In his opinion, the emperor's move was somewhat ironic.

Concubine Qi never got what she wanted before she was alive. Now that people have been dead for so many years, he does this again, and he doesn't know who he wants to show it to.Rong Zhuo felt that most likely Yu Jingdu would not be happy about this so-called posthumous title.

But he slandered him, but he had to admit that the current situation was indeed more favorable for Jingdu.

In other words, the pursuit of Concubine Qi, in a sense, can be regarded as the emperor's determination to stand in Jingdu as the heir apparent.

"Xiao Zhuo." Duan Zheng said to Rong Zhuo, "Do you want to celebrate today?"

Rong Zhuo said helplessly: "The empress has passed away and is still in the period of national mourning. If people hear your words, be careful to let you go in and eat in prison."

"Ah!" Duan Zheng hurriedly covered his mouth, "What I mean is, let's go have a meal together tonight, will the meal be over?"

Su Yun on the side hurriedly said: "You don't know what you've been busy with lately, and no one plays with me... It's time for dinner."

"Go, I'll treat you." Song Mingan said.

Rong Zhuo nodded when he heard the words, and said again: "Let's go after I finish my work here."

Duan Chengxing asked Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng to check and accept the shipment today from the Song family pharmacy. Since it was the first time for Rong Zhuo to do such a thing, he was very cautious and did not dare to be careless.These medicines will be used to save lives in the future, and he can't afford any mistakes.

There was a lot of turmoil in the capital these two days, but after the initial worry and anxiety, Rong Zhuo quickly adjusted his mentality.Since he can't help with matters in the palace, there is no need to continue to expend energy, he believes that Yu Jingdu has the ability to deal with the current situation well.

And the only thing he can do is to push forward the previous plan smoothly.

Because no matter what happens, the battle should still be fought, and the border crossing should still go.

"Shopkeeper Song." Rong Zhuo said to Shopkeeper Song, "The quantity of these pills and powders is all right, I've already counted them. But I'm not a doctor, and I don't understand medicine, so you don't mind if I find someone who knows how to help you." Hold your palms and eyes?"

"Young Master Rong, you are being polite. This is the rule in the industry. You can find someone to inspect the goods and we can settle down." Shopkeeper Song hurriedly said.

Rong Zhuo was not polite to him when he heard this, he took some medicine powder and pills randomly, packed them up, and was going to find someone to help him check.

"We'll deliver the goods after you've checked them out." Shopkeeper Song said: "In the future, if you can find a reliable expert, you can check them on the spot every time you come to pick up the goods. We are doing serious business, and each of us will open the skylight to speak honestly. The business lasts forever.”

Rong Zhuo saw that shopkeeper Song was also an open-minded person, so he saluted him neither humble nor overbearing.

"After I go back and explain to my uncle, I will order someone to pick up the goods, and then I will also pay the rest of the money." Rong Zhuo said.

"Success." Shopkeeper Song said, "It's a deal."

After talking about the matter with Shopkeeper Song, Rong Zhuo went to Jiang Yuezhai with Song Mingan and the others.

Su Yun was very curious about what they were doing, and after asking, he learned that Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng were going to start a business, and they were about to join the group immediately.

"Song Ming'an has already joined the gang, you have to take me with you!" Su Yun said.

"Song Ming'an didn't join the gang!" Duan Zheng said: "They are collecting money from us, we are just cooperating with the Song family."

"I can join the gang!" Song Ming'an said, "Why don't I lose the money for this batch of goods!"

"Don't don't." Rong Zhuo hurriedly said: "Wait a little longer, after we settle the matter, if you really want to work with us, let's talk again, there is no rush right now."

"That's for sure, don't take me with you when the time comes." Su Yun said.

Rong Zhuo thought for a while, "There is something right now, maybe you can help."

"Tell me." Su Yun said.

"Didn't your father have many friends in court? Do you know any imperial physicians?" Rong Zhuo asked.

Duan Zheng interjected: "Can't you ask His Royal Highness Yan Wang for this matter? He must know the imperial physician."

"Can we see him now?" Rong Zhuo asked back.

"That's right, the queen's funeral is not over yet, he must be very busy." Duan Zheng said, "Then give Su Yun a chance."

"The imperial doctor really exists." Su Yun said: "You don't need to look for my father, I have a distant cousin who is on duty at the imperial hospital. If you want to see him, I will take you to his house later."

Rong Zhuo asked: "Don't you need to say hello in advance?"

"No, we know each other very well." Su Yun said.

So, after the four of them had dinner, they went to the teahouse to drink tea together.

At dusk, Su Yun took Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng to the house of his distant cousin, while Song Mingan returned home first.

Su Yun's cousin, surnamed Chang, is not much older than Su Yun, but his seniority is a bit older.

His qualifications are still young, and he is really not ranked among the old people in the imperial hospital, so he is not taken seriously.

But he has an enthusiastic temperament, and he was quite happy when he heard that Rong Zhuo wanted to come to ask him for advice.

Rong Zhuo explained the purpose of his visit, and handed over the powder and pills that he took back from the Song family pharmacy today to Dr. Chang, asking him to help him examine them.

Dr. Chang took the powder and pills, inspected them first, put them in his nose and sniffed them lightly, and finally twisted them up and put them in his mouth to taste.He tested the pills and powder brought by Rong Zhuo one by one in this way, and the efficacy he said was basically consistent with the reality.

It seems that the Song family pharmacy is not only efficient, but also the medicinal powders and pills produced are not only effective.

In this way, Rong Zhuo felt relieved, secretly thinking that the cooperation with the Song family drugstore in the future should be sustainable.

"Doctor Chang, there is one more thing I want to ask you." Rong Zhuo said.

"Young Master Rong, it's okay to say."

"I heard from Shopkeeper Song that among our proprietary medicines, some of them are less effective after being made into pills, and another kind of pills can be stored for a very short period of time, and they tend to lose their effectiveness over time. "Rong Zhuo said: "Unfortunately, with the methods of their pharmacy, these problems can't be solved for the time being. But he told me that your hospital is capable of resolving these problems. It seems that there is a good solution to these problems?"

Dr. Chang smiled, "What he said is true. The imperial hospital has been used for several dynasties, and it has almost included the most famous imperial physicians in all dynasties. There are many good prescriptions. Take your hemostatic powder as an example. If you use it The prescription of our hospital plus two kinds of medicine will ensure that the effect of your medicine powder will be more than doubled."

Rong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but before he could speak, Doctor Chang said again: "But our Taiyuan Hospital has its own rules, so please forgive me for not being able to pass on the secret recipe of the Taiyuan Hospital.

"I understand the rules." Rong Zhuo got up and bowed to Dr. Chang: "Thank you, Dr. Chang today."

"Young master, you are welcome." Dr. Chang also saluted him back.

But when the two of them were sent to the door, Dr. Chang suddenly called out to stop Rong Zhuo.

"Young master, I don't understand one thing." Dr. Chang said: "You said you want to be a merchant. Since you are a merchant, it must be to earn money. With all due respect, although your medicine powder and pills are much cheaper than direct delivery of medicinal materials It’s hard work, but I’m afraid it’s not so easy to earn money. Especially most of the pills and powders you have here are too common, not to mention that they can’t be sold at a high price, and ordinary people may not recognize them.”

Rong Zhuo smiled at him, "I know."

"Oh?" Dr. Chang seemed interested when he heard the words, and asked him, "Then why are you doing this?"

Rong Zhuo thought for a while, and said to him: "When Dr. Chang practices medicine, does he only treat serious illnesses that can earn money, or minor illnesses that can't earn much money?"

"Naturally, they are treated equally."

"It's the same with me as a businessman." Rong Zhuo smiled at him, did not explain anything more, bowed to him and left.

Doctor Chang looked at his back, thought about his words for a while, and finally couldn't help but smile.

He thought to himself that this young man looked quite young, but he was quite interesting.

After leaving Doctor Chang's house that day, the three of them went back to their respective houses.

Rong Zhuo told Duan Zheng to tell Duan Chengxing the results of the inspection at the Song Family Pharmacy today, and they can arrange to pick up the goods the next day if nothing unexpected happens.

After returning to Rong's mansion, Rong Zhuo went to find Rong Qinghuai again, and told him about going to see Dr. Chang today.

When Rong Qinghuai heard his words, he guessed what he was thinking, and asked: "Do you want to get the prescription from the Imperial Hospital?"

"Not all of them, just some of the more critical ones." Rong Zhuo said, "Father, do you think this method is feasible?"

"The prescriptions of the Imperial Hospital have never been passed on to the outside world. If you entrust the relationship of the King of Banquets to ask for it, it is not impossible to get it. But if they are unwilling to give it to you at that time, you can just make a prescription to fool you. I can't see the good or the bad." Rong Qinghuai said, "Besides, it's too offensive."

"I didn't intend to insist on the relationship with the Banyan King, that would be too disrespectful." Rong Zhuo said, "I want to discuss cooperation with them."

"How to cooperate?" Rong Qinghuai asked: "Let them give you medicine?"

Rong Zhuo said: "Let them come up with prescriptions, and then don't ask outsiders to make medicines. Let them arrange people to participate in the whole process, and we will pay for the money and expenses. And after these kinds of patented medicines come out, they can be marked with the exclusive logo of Tai Hospital At that time, even if the medicine flows into the people, the credit will be placed on the Tai Hospital."

In the words of modern society, it means respecting other people's intellectual property rights.

In this way, it can not only ensure that the prescriptions of the Tai Hospital are not leaked, but also give the Tai Hospital enough face.

Theoretically speaking, Tai Hospital should have no reason to refuse such a good thing that benefits the country and the people.

Rong Qinghuai thought about it for a while, and asked Rong Zhuo: "Where did you learn these crazy ideas?"

"Hey." Rong Zhuo put on a silly smile, "Father, just tell me if it's feasible?"

"You can try it, but it's not a good time right now." Rong Qinghuai said, "Including you said that you want to cooperate with the imperial court, it's not a good time either."

"I know, we have to wait until the empress's funeral is over." Rong Zhuo said.

"It's not just a matter of mourning period." Rong Qinghuai said: "Although you have thought about this matter very carefully, it is the first time in the world after all, and there is no such precedent in our dynasty. So you have to make those people in the court accept it. , you have to give them a bad excuse to refuse.”

"Press them with the banquet king?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Yes, and no." Rong Qinghuai said: "The supply of the frontier army is controlled by the planning and planning of the Ministry of Households. If you want the imperial court to add a sufficient amount of medicinal materials to the supply of the frontier army, the first thing to get through is This joint of Duzhi. Once a large amount of medicinal materials are added to the supplies that Duzhi plans to give to the frontier army, the person in charge of the coordination and financing of the household department will naturally have to think of a way."

"When the time comes, I'll take advantage of it?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"When the time comes, if you don't take advantage of it, they will all come begging for your help." Rong Qinghuai said, "Except for the method you came up with, no one in the capital can deliver so many medicinal materials to the frontier soldiers. Since then The capital city is too far away, but if it is deployed from a place close to the Beijiang River, it will take too long to catch up, and secondly, it will affect the lives of the local people, so it is obviously not feasible."

"Then how can I take down Hubu Duzhi?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Wait." Rong Qinghuai said: "After the battle starts, the King of Banquets will invite Ying to go to the border gate and ask your uncle to join hands with the Song Family Pharmacy to donate medicine to the Beibei Army in the name of the capital commercial firm, explaining the importance of medicinal materials to the Beibei Army. At that time Let the King of Banquet cooperate to cooperate with you internally and externally, and ask His Majesty for medicine. If you make such a fuss, do the people in the household department dare not give it?"

At that time, Yu Jingdu might fight as the crown prince of a country, not to mention the household department, but the entire court and the emperor, I am afraid that they will obey his demands.Not only that, the courtiers from all walks of life might show their courtesy in different ways.

At this time, if the Ministry of Households withheld the military supplies of the Northern Army, it would be blatantly offending the Yan Wang.

Rong Zhuo suddenly realized when he heard the words, and he thought that ginger is still old and spicy!

This trick is simply murderous. When the caravan and the court seek cooperation, not only do they not need to pay back, but they can even negotiate the price.Of course, Rong Zhuo won't think about how to make money in this kind of thing, as long as he doesn't make his uncle pay back the money this time, he will be satisfied.

And in this way, the imperial court will not feel that they are taking advantage of the situation, but will only feel that they are giving charcoal in a timely manner.

They don't need to lose money to do business, and the military supplies of the Northern Army can be solved smoothly.

The next day, Rong Zhuo took Duan Zheng to the Song Family Pharmacy to pay the rest of the money, and took all the medicines away.

Duan Chengxing intends to practice Rong Zhuo, this time he barely intervenes, leaving everything to Rong Zhuo to handle.

And Rong Zhuo lived up to the entrustment, and he was quite meticulous in handling things.

After being busy for a while, even Duan Zheng took a lot of care and helped Rong Zhuo a lot.

A few days later, the first caravan formed by Duan Chengxing for Rong Zhuo officially set off from the capital.

The main task of the caravan this time was to explore the way, so the scale was not large, and it was divided into several small teams.

In order to deceive the public and prevent Beijiang's team from having too big a goal, the other teams set off towards different destinations.

On the day when the caravan was sent away, Rong Zhuo went back home and had a good sleep.

In the past two days, he has been busy organizing the caravan, and he hasn't slept well for a long time.

After experiencing such an experience, he really realized that building a caravan is not so easy.The caravan that Duan Chengxing helped him organize now is only a small caravan. If he wants to use the caravan to transport medicinal materials to Beijiang in the future, the size of the caravan may be more than ten times larger than it is now.

This matter is far more complicated than he imagined.

But Rong Zhuo is confident that he will be able to get things done.

He fell asleep during the day, and when he woke up it was already night.

He ate something briefly and took a hot bath again.

But because I slept too much during the day, I didn't feel sleepy when I lay in bed at night.

Rong Zhuo tossed and turned for a long time, finally put on his clothes and went to the house.

It had been too long since he had seen Yu Jingdu, and it was okay when he was busy on weekdays, but now when he was free, he couldn't help but miss him crazily.

He didn't know if Yu Jingdu could come out to see him now, but he still wanted to come and see.

Because there are many memories about him and Yu Jingdu in this house.

What he didn't expect was that when he got to the house, he found that his room was lit with candles.

Rong Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly walked to the door, but he didn't push the door open immediately.

He covered the door panel with one hand, and he actually felt a little bit like nostalgia.

He didn't know if the person here was Yu Jingdu, maybe it was a servant cleaning the room?

No, who would tidy up the room in the middle of the night?

Rong Zhuo pressed one hand on the door panel, as if a heart was about to pop out of his throat.

However, before he could continue to hesitate, the door was suddenly opened from the inside.

Inside the door stood Yu Jingdu who was only wearing pajamas.

The two looked at each other with a distance of one step, and neither of them spoke.

Afterwards, Yu Jingdu grabbed Rong Zhuo, pulled him into the door, and closed the door with his backhand.

It wasn't until being hugged tightly by Yu Jingdu that Rong Zhuo felt a little real.

Obviously the two of them haven't been separated for too long, but now that he is nestled in Jingdu's arms, he feels as if he has been separated for a lifetime.

He now understands that sentence:

Little is better than newlyweds.

It turns out that it is such a tormenting thing to be separated from the person you like!Fortunately, he decided to go into business at the beginning, otherwise he might really go crazy after being separated from Yu Jingdu for so long.

Yu Jingdu hugged Rong Zhuo for a long time, then let go a little bit, and leaned towards his lips to kiss him.But this kiss didn't have any other meaning, it was very gentle, as if expressing his thoughts.

Then he hugged Rong Zhuo and sat on the soft bed, letting Rong Zhuo sit on his lap facing him, so that he could look at the other side carefully.

"Why are you here?" Rong Zhuo held his neck, "I didn't expect to see you."

"I missed you, so I'm here." Yu Jingdu said as he rubbed the tip of the boy's nose, and pressed his forehead against him.

The two of them breathed intertwined, obviously their hearts were turbulent, but they tacitly agreed not to rush to do anything, but let each other enjoy this rare warmth.

"Today I..." Rong Zhuo opened his mouth, originally wanting to tell him about the caravan, but suddenly remembered the awkward quarrel with the other party not long ago.

Although Yu Jingdu apologized to him that day and wrote him a stack of "Questions and Answers" overnight, the two of them never had a chance to discuss this matter afterward.The later meeting was because of Yu Jingdu's birthday, and during those two days in the palace, they even had very little time to be alone, so naturally they didn't have the chance to talk about it.

Thinking of this, Rong Zhuo stopped the conversation in time.

He was a little worried, afraid that the two of them would finally meet each other, what if they had trouble with each other because of this topic?

But Yu Jingdu guessed his thoughts, and took the initiative to say: "I know, your caravan is leaving today."

"How do you know?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"I know everything about you." Yu Jingdu couldn't help leaning forward to kiss him while speaking, but his kiss was still very restrained.

It wasn't until the kiss was over that he backed away a little, looked at Rong Zhuo seriously and said, "I haven't explained to you clearly what happened last time, and I don't know if you are still angry with me."

Rong Zhuo didn't answer his question, but took the initiative to kiss him.

Yu Jingdu fished the person towards him, letting Rong Zhuo cling to him.

This posture was a bit ambiguous, Rong Zhuo felt a little embarrassed, and buried his head on his shoulder.

"Are you still angry with me?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"Not angry."

Hearing this, Yu Jingdu kissed him on the ear, and said earnestly: "I believe you will do a good job. This is not to coax you, but to be serious. Rong Zhuo, in my heart, you have long since ceased to be that ignorant You're a dandy. You're insightful, ambitious, brave, smart, soft and tough."

It was rare for Rong Zhuo to be praised so much in person, and he was very satisfied.

"Will you support me?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"Yes." Yu Jingdu said: "Although I will still worry about you, feel uneasy, and be afraid, I will not stop you. I only hope that you can promise me one thing."

Rong Zhuo raised his head and looked at him with questioning eyes.

"Your caravan needs manpower, can you use my people?" Yu Jingdu asked.

Rong Zhuo was startled, a little unable to understand the meaning of his words.

"My people can act as bodyguards and deliver goods for you. They can do anything your buddies can do." Yu Jingdu said, "I promise I will never interfere with you. I'm so cheap that I can even pay my mates what I pay them."

Only in this way can Yu Jingdu feel a little relieved.

He couldn't accept that Rong Zhuo just followed the caravan, without even a protector around him.

Even just thinking about it made Yu Jingdu feel scared.

"Of course, if you don't mind...their wages will come from the private treasury of the palace." Yu Jingdu whispered in his ear: "Anyway, you have promised to be a member of my mansion, and what is mine is yours." .”

Rong Zhuo's ears turned red, and he asked, "When did I agree?"

"Cen'er told me that you agreed." Yu Jingdu said, "Don't go back on your word."

Rong Zhuo: ...

Wasn't the Eighth Prince really an undercover agent sent by Yu Jingdu?

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