Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

Rong Zhuo has a temperament of doing what he says, and since Duan Chengxing expressed preliminary affirmation of his idea, he plans to start working on it next.

In order to realize his vision, there are several important links that need to be cleared up:

The first and most important point is the caravan.Although the Duan family has not yet set up a caravan to Beijiang, with their strength and experience, it is not difficult to organize such a caravan.Rong Zhuo doesn't need to worry too much about the first point, Duan Chengxing will help him out.

Secondly, it is also the part that Rong Zhuo cares about the most, that is medicinal materials.What kind of medicinal materials are to be transported, how to transport them, the source of medicinal materials, and how to apply them in the future are all things that Rongzhuo needs to understand.

Finally, it is how to reach cooperation with the court.

This is the final link, and it is also the link that determines the success or failure of this matter.

However, this last matter must be done after the first two matters are settled, otherwise empty words are useless, so what do they use to discuss cooperation with the imperial court?

Therefore, the top priority is the second thing that Rong Zhuo needs to do the most.

After sorting out his thoughts, Rong Zhuo asked Duan Chengxing to introduce him to a shopkeeper of a pharmacy, planning to find someone to check the market first.

"The Song family's medicine business is doing well. Don't you and Zheng'er have a good relationship with that son of their family? You can ask him." Duan Chengxing said, "Bring Zheng'er with you when the time comes, and ask him to give you Hit him, and prevent him from messing around outside again."

As soon as Rong Zhuo reminded him, he remembered that Song Ming'an's family had a shop that was in the business of medicinal materials.

These dandies often eat, drink and have fun together on weekdays, but they don't pay much attention to business matters, so Rong Zhuo doesn't care about them.

That day, Rong Zhuo took Duan Zheng to find Song Ming'an.

Duan Zheng thought he was going to play with Song Ming'an, but only after seeing him did he realize that Rong Zhuo was here to deal with business.

"Health medicine shop, we have three in the capital alone." Song Ming'an said: "One shop is dedicated to medical centers, and the medicinal materials are not retailed. They are bought in bulk by other medical centers or tourists. The other two Home is an ordinary medicine store, the kind where people can grab medicine with a prescription. Which one do you want to go to? I will take you to find the shopkeeper."

Rong Zhuo thought about it, and finally chose the first one.

"Why do you suddenly want to do the medicinal material business?" Song Mingan was puzzled, "It's not that I'm scaring you. Our family has been doing the medicinal material shop in the capital for many years. If you want to do it now, you may not be able to gain a foothold."

"Brother Song, don't worry, what we are going to do is a caravan, not a store." Rong Zhuo said, "Not only will we not steal your business, but we may also cooperate with you." The Song family must be familiar with the way to purchase medicinal materials However, if Rong Zhuo cooperated with them, he would not have to worry about the supply of goods.

While everyone was talking, they arrived at the Song family's medicine shop.

The shopkeeper was also surnamed Song, an uncle of Song Ming'an's family, and he was quite modest.

After Song Mingan explained to him the purpose of his visit, he warmly welcomed everyone to the inner courtyard.

Rong Zhuo briefly explained his plan to him, but only said that he wanted to be a caravan for transporting medicinal materials, and did not mention Beijiang and the war.After all, the matter at the border is just Yu Jingdu's prediction, and there is no new trend in the war now, if he says something that shouldn't be said, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for Yu Jingdu.

"Young Master Rong has this idea, but with all due respect, the caravans will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and the long-distance transportation of medicinal materials may not be able to make up for the loss. At that time, you may be doing a loss-making business. " Shopkeeper Song said.

Rong Zhuo has also thought about this problem, because although medicinal materials are not heavy, they are bulky, so it will take a lot of horses and horses to transport them.Most of the medicinal materials that Beijiang will need at that time are to treat trauma, or to reduce inflammation and analgesia.

"I came to Shopkeeper Song today to ask, if our medicinal materials are packaged directly according to the prescriptions for the disease, is it possible to transport them more conveniently?" Rong Zhuo thought for a while, and then said: "For example, put Some medicinal materials are directly ground into pills?"

"It's okay to make pills, but in this way, all the medicines can only be symptomatic." Shopkeeper Song said.

"Yes, it needs to be symptomatic. It's best to take it directly when the time comes, so as to avoid the trouble of boiling the medicine." Rong Zhuo said.

In the case of a shortage of doctors and medicines in the army, dispensing and decocting medicine is also an extremely tedious task.If their commonly used drugs can be directly made into pills, it will not only save transportation costs, but also make it more convenient to use.

In fact, this kind of pills and powders are almost the prototype of early Chinese patent medicines.

This drug is very popular in modern society, but it is obviously not widely used in this era.

The reason is that most people need to treat symptoms when they see a doctor. For example, someone who catches a cold may have cough symptoms at the same time. At this time, prescribing prescriptions and dispensing medicines can take care of all symptoms.Pills are available, but most of the time they only target one symptom.

The second is that after being made into pills, the efficacy of the medicine will be compromised to a certain extent, so it is more effective to prescribe a decoction step by step.

Therefore, the common people don't approve of pills very much, so most pharmacies will not focus on this one.

But the medicine in the army is different from that of the common people.Most of the medicines they urgently need during the war are only those few kinds, and all of them can be used to treat the symptoms. Even if the efficacy of the medicine is reduced, as long as the quantity is enough, it can make up for it.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to think of, but no one in the court cares about this kind of thing like Rong Zhuo. In their view, it is already a favor to give the camp enough food and supplies. As for other details, no one will to worry about.

And the generals didn't have time to worry about big things, and they didn't have time to think about such trivial things.

As for other people, even if they have the heart, they are limited by the thinking of ancient people, and I am afraid it will be difficult for them to think like Rong Zhuo.

"Young Master Rong, what disease do you want to make pills for?" Shopkeeper Song asked again.

"I can't tell." Rong Zhuo was afraid that the other party would guess his intentions if he said it too clearly, so he didn't directly say that it was a medicine for trauma or pain relief and hemorrhage, but talked about a bunch of medicines such as wind-cold, food accumulation, Morning sickness and the like were mixed with wound medicine.

Shopkeeper Song hurriedly said, "We have actually made a few kinds of medicines in our shop, such as pills for digestion and dispelling wind, gold sore medicine for hemostasis, and some medicines for clearing away heat and detoxification, but the common people who buy these medicines on weekdays Not much, and then less.”

"Shopkeeper Song, if I want to order a large number of these pills or powders, maybe our shop can do it?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"It depends on the quantity." Shopkeeper Song said, "However, everything is negotiable. If Young Master Rong needs it, we can't finish it in the shop, so we can hire someone to do it."

Hearing what he said, Rong Zhuo felt confident.

Right now, he still can't tell the other party about his plan. One is that he hasn't thought it through, and the other is that he doesn't want to let others know the plan so early, so as not to cause complications.

So that day, Rong Zhuo only asked the few questions he was most concerned about and left.

Before he left, he asked Shopkeeper Song to make a list for him, on which were the names and effects of all the pills and powders that could be made in their shop.At that time, Rong Zhuo only needs to pick out the medicine he wants from the list and customize it. As for the medicine that is not on the list, he can find a way to solve it.

"Xiao Zhuo, what a great idea you have." After leaving the pharmacy, Song Ming'an said to him, "The caravan transports medicinal materials, which are bulky and cumbersome. Once the medicinal materials are made into pills and powders, it will save a lot of trouble when transporting them." .”

Duan Zheng on the side said: "Are you afraid it won't be easy to sell? If the price is high, the common people will not recognize it. If the price is low, we will lose money."

"Yeah." Rong Zhuo didn't refute him, nodded and said: "Let me think about this matter."

That day, Rong Zhuo said goodbye to Song Ming'an and returned to the mansion.

The other party wanted to take him out for fun, but Rong Zhuo didn't give him a chance.

"What's wrong with him?" Song Mingan asked Duan Zheng puzzled, "Changed his temper?"

"Never mind him, I'll probably get annoyed after two or three days of tossing around." Duan Zheng said.

Although he said so, he couldn't help but think of Yu Jingdu in his heart, secretly thinking that Xiaozhuo suddenly became so active, could it be because of His Royal Highness the Banquet King?

For the next two days, Rong Zhuo locked himself in the room and hardly came out.

Based on the situation he has so far, he wrote a plan in detail.

Because there were too many things involved in this matter, he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

Rong Qinghuai hadn't seen him for the past two days, and thought he was out messing around again, but later learned from Jin Douzi that Rong Zhuo hadn't gone out, so he couldn't help but go over curiously to have a look.

Rong Zhuo didn't intend to hide it from him at first, and when he saw him coming, he didn't hide it either.

Rong Qinghuai took a look at the things that Rong Zhuo had sorted out, and the more he looked back, the more dignified his expression became.

"That's why you asked me about the war that day?" Rong Qinghuai asked him.

"En." Rong Zhuo nodded in response, but didn't give him any high-sounding excuses.

Rong Qinghuai took the few pages and went to the side and sat down, and read them carefully again, with a serious attitude.

It was also the first time for Rong Zhuo to do this, so he was a bit uncertain, and he was quite nervous when his father saw it that way.

"Did His Highness the Banquet King say anything to you?" Rong Qinghuai asked him, "Is there going to be a war at the border?"

"Yeah." Rong Zhuo said: "He said... he will invite His Majesty after becoming a crown prince."

"Nonsense!" Rong Qinghuai threw the things in his hands, "He is a crown prince, how can he invite Ying to go to the front line? Does he still regard himself as the banquet king in the past who didn't love his mother or his father?"

Rong Zhuo didn't expect him to be so angry, he stepped forward carefully and put away those few pages, for fear that Rong Qinghuai would tear them up when he got excited.

"If it's not the time, you can tell him not to go." Rong Zhuo said, "Oh, I forgot that you are no longer serving in the court, so I can't submit the paper."

Rong Qinghuai was almost laughed at by Rong Zhuo when he heard the words, but he quickly calmed down, thinking to himself, what does it matter to him whether the banquet king loves to go or not?He didn't need to worry about this little bastard.

"What do you do next?" Rong Qinghuai asked.

"I'll show this to my uncle first, and if he thinks it's reliable, I'll refine it." Rong Zhuo said: "First of all, we have to confirm what medicinal materials are in the current frontier army supplies, what is missing, and how much is missing Then try to find a way to talk to people in the imperial court, and then figure out how to transport the medicine after the negotiation is completed."

Rong Qinghuai sighed helplessly, what he wanted to ask was, what should Yan Wang do with Rong Zhuo at the border?

But Rong Zhuo obviously didn't understand what he meant, but at this point, he also understood the other party's plan.

The banquet king hasn't left yet, but this kid's heart has already flown.

the other side.

Yu Jingdu has been busy all day during the day, just to go to the house at night to be tender with Rong Zhuo.

Unexpectedly, Rong Zhuo didn't show up for two consecutive nights, which made him anxious.

At first, Yu Jingdu convinced himself that Rong Qinghuai probably held people back and refused to let him out.

But then the more he thought about it, the more something went wrong.

Rong Zhuo clearly knew that he was going to the front line, so it stands to reason that he should cherish every day he stays in the capital, right?How come they are even more distant than before?

Are you unhappy?

Yu Jingdu recalled what happened that night, and found that Rong Zhuo seemed really unhappy.

It seemed that he was angry with him, angry that he insisted on abandoning himself and going to the front line.

The more Yu Jingdu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the reason, so he was a little restless all day long.

"Your Highness." Li Feng said to Yu Jingdu: "The spies sent to Young Master Rong's side today returned a message."

"How to say?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"It is said that Young Master Rong went to Duan's mansion early in the morning and did not come out until close to noon." Li Feng said: "Later Young Master Rong and Duan Zheng went to Jiangyue Zhai together, met Song Mingan and Su Yun, and the four of them used it together. Lunch, and then went to the tea house, and did not leave until dusk."

Yu Jingdu: ...

It sounds like life is pretty rich.

"Where has he gone now?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"Go to the house." Li Feng said hurriedly.

Yu Jingdu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and threw away the paperwork in his hand, "This king is going out for a while."

"Your Highness, it's not dark yet." Li Feng reminded.

Yu Jingdu took a deep breath, and could only temporarily suppress the restlessness in his heart.

That night, after midnight, Yu Jingdu hurried to the house.

When he arrived at the house, he found that the lights in Rong Zhuo's room were still on, probably waiting for him.

Yu Jingdu didn't see anyone for several days, and his mind was full of messy thoughts along the way, but when he entered the room, he saw Rong Zhuo falling asleep on the desk, with a ink still in his hand pen.

Ever since he got acquainted with Rong Zhuo, he hadn't seen him "work hard" so much, so he was a little curious, so he leaned over to the desk and took a look.

Upon seeing this, he was stunned, because on the half of the page that was pressed by Rong Zhuo, there was a long list of questions, all of which were about the Northern Army.

Most of the thoughts in Yu Jingdu's head disappeared immediately, and all that was left was a sour heartache.

He leaned over and carefully picked Rong Zhuo up, and slowly walked to the side of the couch to put him down.

He didn't know what Rong Zhuo was doing these few days, but it was obvious that the other party was not angry with him, nor was he trying to make trouble.

Yu Jingdu half-kneeled beside the couch, looking at the boy's sleeping face, his heart was full of indescribable pain.

I don't know if it's his illusion, the little dandy seems to have lost weight in the past few days.

He gently stroked Rong Zhuo's beautiful mandible with one hand, and felt that the outline there was more distinct than before.

"Huh?" Rong Zhuo seemed to have sensed something, and opened his eyes in a daze.

The boy's eyes were dazed at first when he just woke up, but soon he was tinged with a smile.

"Why did I fall asleep?" Rong Zhuo stretched out his hand to hook Yu Jingdu's neck, and leaned forward to ask for a kiss.

Yu Jingdu held him in his arms and kissed him, and said in a low voice, "Sleep for a while when you're tired."

"Don't sleep anymore." Rong Zhuo struggled to get up from his arms, got off the couch and walked to the desk, took the piece of paper that was not finished in time, "I have saved a lot of questions to ask you, don't forget them later gone."

Yu Jingdu looked at him and asked, "What have you been up to these days?"

"It's a big deal." Rong Zhuo smiled mysteriously at him, with a little tiredness in his eyes, "Why don't you guess."

Yu Jingdu thought of the bunch of questions listed on his piece of paper, "You are suddenly so curious about the Northern Garrison Army, don't you want to join the army?"

"No." Rong Zhuo walked back to the couch and sat cross-legged beside Yu Jingdu, "It's a waste of military rations for me to join the army."

"Many of the things you inquire about are related to military supplies. Do you want your uncle to spend some money to reward the army?"

"No!" Rong Zhuo smiled and said, "But it's a bit close."

Rong Zhuo seems to be in a good mood because the progress of the past two days has been relatively smooth.

He held Yu Jingdu's hand, and said with a smile: "My uncle promised to get me a caravan, and I will make the decision. I plan to take the caravan to Beijiang after you go to the frontier army." !"

After he finished speaking, he pursed his lips and looked at Yu Jingdu, with an expression of begging for praise.

But Yu Jingdu slowly frowned, without any intention of praising him.

"When I go to Beijiang with the caravan, I will be very close to you. If there is a chance to reward the army at that time, maybe we can meet again!" Rong Zhuo seemed to be afraid that he didn't understand what he meant, so he was busy explained.

But Yu Jingdu's brows never relaxed, and they seemed to be tightened more and more.

"What's wrong with you?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"Who gave you the idea?"

Rong Zhuo heard that his tone seemed not very happy, and the smile on his face faded a little.

"It's not anyone, I came up with it myself."

"No." Yu Jingdu said firmly.

"Why?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Do you know how dangerous Beijiang is?" Yu Jingdu said, "Not to mention whether the war will affect Beijiang, there are many rogues over there, and any one you encounter can kill you. If you want to trade, I will stop you." I can't live with you, but not now, let alone Beijiang."

Rong Zhuo was originally passionate, but thought that Yu Jingdu would praise him and be happy with him.

He never expected that Yu Jingdu would be angry and lose his temper at him, so under the grievance, he felt a little angry.

"Did you discuss it with me when you wanted to apply for Ying? Why can't I go if I want to?" Rong Zhuo said angrily.

"I'm going to fight, what about you?" Yu Jingdu said, "Can you stop playing your temper at this time?"

"I didn't play my temper!" Rong Zhuo said more and more wronged, "You denied me without listening to me."

"I'm not denying you, I just can't let you take risks!"

"I'm not going to take risks!" Rong Zhuo threw the paper in his hand at him, "Why don't you let me finish?"

Yu Jingdu was startled, and realized that his reaction was a little too extreme.

The moment he heard Rong Zhuo say that he was going to Beijiang, his emotions were out of control.

Rong Zhuoren is still in front of him, he has already figured out all kinds of possible dangers for the other party, how can he hold his breath?

Let alone going to Beijiang, Rong Zhuo is not at ease staying in the capital.

If it weren't for this damn war, he wished he could tie people by his side every day to be at ease.

"It's my fault, tell me, I'll listen." Yu Jingdu said.

Rong Zhuo's excitement had already been extinguished by him, and he pursed his lips and said, "I don't want to talk about it now."

Yu Jingdu still wanted to speak, but when he saw Rong Zhuo pulled the quilt and lay down, he didn't want to talk to him.

He took a deep breath, and slowly leaned over to hug him from behind, "Don't be angry with me, okay?"

Rong Zhuo still didn't speak, but he didn't avoid him, letting him hug her.

Seeing this, Yu Jingdu knew that he could still save a little bit, so he hurriedly coaxed, "I was wrong."

"Where did you go wrong?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"I..." Yu Jingdu's thoughts changed sharply, and he answered carefully and carefully: "I shouldn't deny you before listening to you, I should listen to you carefully, and then deny... and then express my opinion."

Rong Zhuo turned over and moved to the side of the bed, obviously not satisfied with his answer.

Yu Jingdu had no choice but to think about it again, and replied: "I shouldn't say that you are playing with your temper, obviously I said the wrong thing first, you should be upset, it's my fault."

Rong Zhuo still ignored him, and after a while he said in a muffled voice: "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep."

Yu Jingdu didn't dare to speak again, for fear of saying the wrong thing again, so he could only cover him with the quilt and obediently stand by.

Probably because Rong Zhuo usually has a good temper and rarely loses his temper, so Yu Jingdu's experience in coaxing people is not particularly rich.Most of the time when Rong Zhuo was unhappy on weekdays was because he bullied others, and in that situation Rong Zhuo's temper was mostly half-truths and half-fakes, so Yu Jingdu was quite comfortable coaxing him.

But tonight the situation is obviously different, he can feel that Rong Zhuo is really unhappy.

This was the first time such a thing had happened to them since they were together, and Yu Jingdu was also a little nervous for a while, for fear that he would accidentally hurt Rong Zhuo's heart.

And Rong Zhuo said that he was sleepy, but his breathing has not become steady, obviously he is not really sleepy.

Yu Jingdu thought for a moment, then slowly moved to his side, carefully hugging him in his arms.

This time, Rong Zhuo still did not avoid him.

"I was too anxious. You said you were going to Beijiang, so I thought of all the dangers you would encounter." Yu Jingdu patiently explained to him: "I'm scared, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you by your side, I'm afraid you're not safe, so I don't want you to go, don't be angry with me, Xiaozhuo."

Rong Zhuo remained silent.

"I really don't want to deny you, and it's not that I don't want to listen to you. I'm just a little anxious." Yu Jingdu said: "I've stayed in Beijiang for many years, and it might be nothing to a person like me. But I dare not let you take risks, otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating just thinking of you being in danger anytime and anywhere."

Yu Jingdu groped to find Rong Zhuo's hand, and then held it tightly, as if conveying his nervousness and anxiety to the other party.

After a while, he felt the hand in the palm move slightly, and then Wen Rongzhuo said aggrievedly: "I don't like you talking to me so fiercely..."

Yu Jingdu was startled, and his heart softened immediately.

So Rong Zhuo was angry with him because he was too fierce just now?

While regretting, Yu Jingdu couldn't help but feel distressed.

He thought, Rong Zhuo is so painful, how could he be willing to kill him?