In ancient times, access to medical care was difficult, especially for the poor who struggled to even eat, let alone afford medicine.

When I was sick before, I didn't have any money, and Ye Lingyu used traditional methods to treat me.

Cheng Qingyan felt she hadn't misjudged Yan Nanxing. Even after making money, he still thought of the poor and was willing to sacrifice his own interests to help them. He hadn't forgotten his original aspiration as a doctor just because his business had grown and become successful; that was truly rare.

“Madam Yan, from now on, the free clinic at Puji Hall will be extended by two days. All expenses for the consultations on those two days will be covered by my wife and me.”

After saying that, Cheng Qingyan turned to Ye Lingyu with a smile and asked, "Madam, what do you say?"

Ye Lingyu, of course, wasn't going to spoil the mood and said, "Okay, whatever you say."

Xue Ningfei looked at Cheng Qingyan in surprise. She didn't expect that someone who only dealt in medicinal herbs and didn't even own a pharmacy would be willing to do free medical consultations.

"Then on behalf of the people, I thank Young Master Cheng and Madam Cheng."

Yan Nanxing was called back by the pharmacy's young servant; otherwise, he might have stayed at the Li residence for a while longer.

Upon hearing that Cheng Qingyan and the others were at the pharmacy, he immediately scrambled the chessboard, grabbed his medicine chest, and ran off.

He showed no sign of composure whatsoever, moving with the speed of the wind, abandoning the young medicine boy and rushing forward.

He rushed to the pharmacy in a flurry, heading straight from the front hall to the back. The doctors and patients in the front hall thought something earth-shattering had happened.

The usually calm and composed Dr. Yan was disheveled as he rushed into the back hall, causing a commotion among those seeking medical treatment and medicine.

Before the person arrives, their voice precedes them.

"Brother Cheng, Madam Cheng, it's been a long time. How are you both?"

Although he hadn't seen Yan Nanxing many times during this period, he had always sent someone to deliver messages to him. Yan Nanxing would also send messages or letters to Cheng Qingyan whenever there was a shortage of medicinal herbs or sales problems, so they had been friends for a long time.

"Thank you for your concern, Physician Yan. My wife and I are both doing well. I wonder how business is at your shop lately?"

"Thanks to Brother Cheng, almost all the medicinal herbs in Yuanning County are now under the control of Pujitang."

Yan Nanxing moved incredibly fast; in a short time, she had actually gained control of the medicinal herb market in Yuanning County. As far as she knew, there were more than ten pharmacies in Yuanning County.

She came here to find out if the Ye family was running a pharmacy business on the side, and since she was in Yuanning County, she had to visit her old friend.

After exchanging pleasantries and pleasantries, we got down to business.

Cheng Qingyan explained his purpose to Yan Nanxing and the others, making it clear that he wanted to bring down the Ye family as quickly as possible. Moreover, Ye Zongzhi and his group had already been arrested, and within just one day, some of the Ye family's shops were already unable to operate.

The purpose of telling Yan Nanxing and the others about this is firstly to see if the Ye family has any emerging hidden businesses, in order to prevent the possibility of them making a comeback.

After listening to Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu's account, Yan Nanxing and Xue Ningfei carefully considered the matter and confirmed that Ye Zongzhi did indeed manage two herbal medicine shops. Moreover, Yan Nanxing was the one supplying the herbs to both shops.

I originally came here with a try-it-out attitude, just to learn more and catch up, but I didn't expect to have such an unexpected reward.

Yan Nanxing hesitated before asking Cheng Qingyan, "These two shops ordered medicinal herbs from me just two days ago. I figured it was time to pick them up from you, so I postponed the delivery date by two days."

"Brother Cheng, what do you think we should do now?"

Cheng Qingyan looked at Ye Lingyu: "Wife, among Mother's dozens of shops, is there a pharmacy?"

Ye Lingyu shook her head: "No, my maternal grandfather's dowry to my mother consisted mostly of wine shops and silk shops. Later, Ye Zongzhi had the shops renovated and renamed. I remember that half of the street on the east side was filled with my maternal grandfather's dowry to my mother."

Half a street away, it turns out the real rich woman is her wife!

The exact amount would have to be asked of Ye Zongzhi or Mu Zhiyue. For the time being, Ye Zongzhi would not voluntarily hand over his family property, and Mu Zhiyue had only just woken up and was not yet ready to exert himself.

“My lady, Ye Zongzhi may not be running those shops himself, but rather renting them out to others. We’ll make a decision after we’ve investigated this matter more thoroughly.”

"As for the two pharmacies that Brother Yan mentioned, continue supplying medicine as usual. Our feud with Ye Zongzhi should not involve the patients."

Hearing Cheng Qingyan say this, Yan Nanxing breathed a sigh of relief. If Cheng Qingyan had insisted on cutting off the supply of medicinal herbs to those two pharmacies, he would have definitely spoken up to stop him. What had the patients done to deserve this?

Fortunately, he was right about Cheng Qingyan and did not let hatred cloud his judgment.

Just then, Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu arrived, and Yan Nanxing gave her her share of the profits ahead of time. After deducting the cost of the medicinal herbs, Cheng Qingyan's share was ten thousand taels.

Yan Nanxing and she were on equal footing. Most of the medicinal herbs were grown in Cheng Qingyan's space, and he would send people over by car each time.

Adding the original price of the medicinal herbs, Cheng Qingyan received more than 34,000 taels.

After handing the silver note to Ye Lingyu, Cheng Qingyan thought of the medicinal herbs he was going to deliver and said, "I'll be staying in the county town for a few days. I left the herbs at Qianweiju when I came here. Have someone pick them up when you have time."

"Also, this time there is a batch of ancient medicinal herbs, which are extremely precious. I am in a hurry to sell them. If Yuanning County cannot handle them all, I will have to trouble Brother Yan to make a trip to the prefectural capital for me."

Medicinal herbs that are thousands of years old are very rare and are usually bought by wealthy families. Even if they are not sick, they keep them at home for future use.

Those wealthy people, having money, cherish their lives and are naturally willing to spend money to buy these precious medicinal herbs.

Yan Nanxing thought there were only a dozen or so thousand-year-old medicinal herbs at most, but Cheng Qingyan had prepared a whole cartload...

When Yan Nanxing received the goods, he was completely stunned, and his understanding of Cheng Qingyan was completely refreshed.

The way people looked at Cheng Qingyan changed; was he even human?

Ordinary people, even those who make a living by collecting herbs, might not be able to collect more than a few thousand-year-old ginseng or he shou wu in their entire lives. I never expected that Cheng Qingyan would have a whole cartload of them.

It's so ostentatious, far too ostentatious.

The rarer something is, the higher its price. If Cheng Qingyan were to take this cartload out, those unscrupulous people would definitely try to drive down the price.

Therefore, these items should not be sold in a hurry, nor should they be sold in one place.

After Cheng Qingyan handed the medicinal herbs to Yan Nanxing, she had no time to inquire about these matters anymore.

The officials from the prefectural government arrived in Yuanning County to take Ye Zongzhi and Ye Lingxi away. They said the case had to be transferred to the prefectural government, and all relevant personnel had to go there for a re-interrogation by the prefect himself.

As the saying goes, "a higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking one." Cai Wuping was merely a county magistrate's assistant, acting as the county magistrate, and had no way to disobey Chen Yuanze's orders.

But Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu are different; behind them is Shen Ziyu.