Chapter 67: Stock up on Chinese medicinal herbs
Because the weather was warm, Li Rong and the fugitives rarely went into cities or towns, and they mostly ate and slept in the wild.
On the 70th day of exile, at noon, they arrived at a town called Qiujiaqiao.
Find a cool shade outside the town and rest as a group.
Tang Zhan came over and said to Xie Yanyan, "Miss Xie, this is a famous hometown of Chinese medicinal materials."
Although Xie Yanyan is an expert in agriculture, he cannot recognize many medicinal herbs.
Thinking of being able to exchange for supplies from the 22nd century, she immediately perked up and asked Tang Zhan, "Do you know any herbs?"
"My grandfather used to run a medicine shop, and he taught Ranran."
Tang Zhan only wanted to be a general, and had no interest in his grandfather's medical skills or his biological grandfather's carpentry and weaving techniques.
"Then ask Tang Ranran if she is willing to go with me to buy some medicinal herbs?"
Tang Ranran had heard it a long time ago, and she came running over and said, "Miss Xie, I can buy some herbs for you."
Xie Ning drove and took Xie Yanyan, Tang Ranran, Li Rong and Zhu Ba to the town.
Li Rong and Zhu Ba went to the post station to get supplies, while Xie Ning drove the carriage to the herbal medicine trading market.
What surprised Xie Yanyan was that although this was just a town, the herbal medicine trading market was very prosperous and developed.
There are numerous shops and stalls, cars coming and going, and people talking. The two parties cannot trade directly, but after selecting the medicinal materials, they will go to the market management office to pay the price.
Xie Yanyan first went to register with the clerk in charge.
"Sir, what medicinal herbs are there here?"
The clerk knew Xie Yanyan was a novice as soon as he heard it, and said calmly, "All of them."
Tang Ranran asked Xie Yanyan at the side: "Miss, what medicinal herbs do you want?"
Xie Yanyan actually didn't know what she wanted. She said to Tang Ranran, "Give me a list of medicines, and I'll think about it."
I don’t know what to buy? Tang Ranran is at a loss. Why is Miss Xie buying things like this?
But her brother told her that she must find a way to help Xie Yanyan, as this person might be the one who changed their destiny.
Tang Ranran couldn't write, but she could name a bunch of herbs in one breath.
Xie Yanyan stuffed a piece of silver into the clerk's pocket and said to him, "Sir, could you please give me a list of the herbs in our town?"
The clerk smiled happily and said, "Oh my God, where did this silly girl come from? I get paid 10 taels just for writing a list of medicinal materials?"
Without saying a word, he called over two literate drugstore owners and asked them to help him write down the names of the medicinal materials. Soon, they had filled 15 pieces of silk.
It has to be said that the development of ancient Chinese medicinal materials is beyond imagination.
Xie Yanyan took the list and threw it directly into the space.
"Exchange panel, come out."
The exchange panel suddenly appeared.
[Do you want to exchange ancient prescription pills for supplies?]
"No exchange!" Xie Yanyan used his consciousness to read the names of the medicines on the list and asked, "Which ones can be exchanged for supplies?"
She only buys medicinal herbs that can be exchanged for supplies, otherwise why would she hoard them? She is not a medicinal herb dealer.
The clerk wrote more than 500 names for her. After the exchange panel identified them, it pointed out that about 100 of them could be exchanged.
Among them, there are more than 30 rare and endangered species, and even some herbs that have been lost for thousands of years in the 22nd century.
Some of them were identified as "doubtful", and no one knew what it meant.
Taking Tang Ranran with him, he followed the clerk to check the stalls and shops one by one.
Most of the herbs are common medicinal materials.
Xie Yanyan didn't know what medicinal herbs were, but she put on a dignified and world-weary face and named a bunch of them, giving people a sense of being very knowledgeable and profound.
All of the more than 100 medicinal herbs specified in the exchange panel were found, but the quantity was not too large.
It is understandable if you think about it. Ordinary people in ancient times were poor and mostly endured their illnesses, so the demand for medicinal materials was not that great.
Xie Yanyan paid the money and asked the stall owner to deliver the herbs to another exit of the market. There was a large open space there with cars coming and going. It was a special place for loading and unloading goods.
After sending Tang Ranran away to follow the clerk to check the quality of the medicinal materials, she stayed at the cargo yard, taking up space for every truckload that arrived.
The clerk received 10 taels of silver from her and served her very diligently, even brushing off any dirt that might have been on the medicinal herbs.
Qinjiao, Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Bletilla striata and Qiye are all wild, very old and have very strong medicinal effects.
The petty official also forced her to dig up high-quality medicinal materials such as tiger bones, rhino horns, musk, bear gall, hawksbill turtle, dragon bones, and dragon teeth.
Because of the intervention of the petty official, the price was very fair.
Xie Yanyan accepted them all.
Thanks to her lavish spending, she bought out all the more than 100 kinds of medicinal herbs in the entire Chinese herbal medicine market.
When the last car arrived, Xie Yanyan was about to leave when he heard someone say, "My brother is going to Lingnan, a place with smog and miasma, so we need to prepare some Atractylodes lancea."
Xie Yanyan stopped immediately.
"Ran Ran, what are the medicines for curing miasma?"
"There are many, such as sandalwood, atractylodes, and costusroot. Calamus leaves, perilla leaves, mugwort leaves, and artemisia annua leaves can prevent malaria."
Tang Ranran is very smart, but she is young after all, and it is not easy for her to say so much.
"Miss, betel nut can also prevent malaria. It is recorded in Yang Fu's "Records of Strange Things" in the Eastern Han Dynasty; Ji Han of the Western Jin Dynasty also gave a detailed introduction in "Description of Southern Plants and Trees"."
Betel nut? Xie Yanyan thought about the reports in his previous life and decided to forget it!
I bought a lot of herbs for curing and preventing malaria, and also a lot of common herbs for treating headaches, fever, and diarrhea. I would stock up a little more in case of emergency.
"Miss, how are you going to take away so many medicinal herbs?" Tang Ranran asked curiously.
"If a friend goes to the South, he will help take it away."
"Where are the people?"
"We just pay and they pick it up quickly."
Tang Ranran looked around and asked, if after paying the money, what if the other party couldn't show up, would the herbs be lost?
Xie Yanyan looked at her and said calmly, "I don't need to tell you who my friend is. If you are so curious, stay away from me in the future."
Tang Ranran was so scared that she immediately apologized: "Miss, Ranran knows she was wrong."
Xie Yanyan walked around a drug store and came out with a basket in his hand, which was half filled with Chinese apples, with each apple weighing more than half a pound.
He took out three of them and handed them to Tang Ranran, and gave the rest to the clerk: "Peace fruit, there is a price but no market."
There are no apples at the moment, and Fuji apples are the fruit of two thousand years from now. Thanks to the clerk, there is more than enough.
The clerk was so excited looking at the basket of apples that he thought he had met a great nobleman today. Not only did he make 10 taels of silver for free, but he also received such delicious fruits.
The young lady is extremely generous. This fruit looks extremely tempting and will not be cheap.
Xie Yanyan didn't know that with her basket of apples, the official had planted a safe orchard here, and thus became the richest man in Qiujiaqiao Town.
After coming out of the medicinal materials trading market, Xie Yanyan took the token and "ate according to the emperor's order" in the town, and returned to the team carrying meals for 10 people.
They kept 7 copies for themselves and gave the remaining 3 copies to Tang Xiaolin and his two grandchildren.
Tang Xiaolin came over to thank him, and Xie Yanyan pointed at Tang Ranran and said, "Hard work fee."
"But you have already given three peace apples." The peace apple smells fragrant and tastes crispy and sweet. It is a delicacy on earth.
Xie Yanyan didn't like being polite, so he didn't say anything else.
"Grandfather, this is given by the young lady. Let's take it." Tang Zhan helped Tang Xiaolin back to his seat, and he became more determined to follow Xie Yanyan.
As they were talking, a carriage came rushing towards them from afar, amid the smoke and dust.
The carriage was made of black nanmu wood for its body, doors and compartment, and was meticulously carved and exquisitely crafted.
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