Chapter 2695: Getting Medicine
The soldier knocked for a long time before a sound came from inside.
Manbao stopped the soldiers' actions.
The person inside trembled and opened the door halfway. Seeing a group of soldiers with swords and guns standing outside, he immediately opened the door again, almost bending to the ground, "Please forgive me, adults. We live in the back and didn't hear anything..."
He raised his head slightly and glanced at several people. He could see that Zhou Man was the leader among them. Although he didn't know why there was a woman in the army, and she was in casual clothes, her aura was different, and the soldiers were all gathered behind her, so they didn't dare to neglect her.
After thinking for a moment, he pulled out a thick purse from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Man respectfully, saying with a flattering smile, "Sir, this is my gift to you as a filial piety. My shop is small and my profit is meager, so I can only give you this little. Please don't mind, sir."
Manbao glanced at the purse in his hand, but instead of taking it, he looked inside and said, "I'm here to buy medicine."
The shopkeeper's expression changed, and he forced a smile and said, "I wonder what medicine you would like to buy, sir? Do you have a prescription?"
Manbao glanced at him, tried to slow down his momentum, and said with a gentle smile: "We are here to buy some medicinal herbs. Please open the door first."
The shop owner's face became even more miserable, but he didn't dare to disobey. He could only open the other half of the door and invite them in.
He said tremblingly: "The shop is small, and there are not many medicinal herbs at home. I don't know what herbs you want. I, I will help you get them."
Manbao stood in front of the counter, scanning the names of the medicines listed, and said, "I want angelica, ginseng, fangfeng, and dandelion..."
Every time Manbao recited a name, his face turned bitter. When he saw that she had not stopped reading a long list of medicine names, he was about to cry and his waist almost bent to the ground.
Manbao fell silent, smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I'll pay for it."
Manbao opened the bag of pearls, took out two pearls and placed them on the table. He said to the shopkeeper, whose eyes were almost popping out, "Do you want pearls or gold?"
Manbao tugged at his purse, took out a small piece of gold and placed it on the table.
The shopkeeper swallowed, looked back and forth between the gold and pearls, then looked at Zhou Man cautiously.
Zhou Man looked at him calmly, waiting for his choice.
The shop owner felt that the young lady did not look vicious, mainly because her eyes were clear and she did not look like a bad person.
Those who run pharmacies all have some medical skills and are considered doctors. For doctors, observing people's words and expressions is the basic skill. Although they cannot tell the good from the bad in the world, their judgment is always more accurate than that of ordinary people.
At this point, the shopkeeper felt that Zhou Man didn't seem like a bad person, but he didn't dare to relax, so he said with a smile: "How dare I ask for your things? If you like anything, just take it, just take it..."
"Okay," Manbao said without hesitation, pointing to Su Mu and Su Ye and saying, "Go get the medicine."
Su Mu and Su Ye bowed and said, "Yes, teacher."
The two men walked to the counter, took the paper and spread it out, picked up the scale and looked at Zhou Man.
Manbao said, "First, find the scorpions, silkworms, centipedes, and cicada shells. Take as many as you can find, weigh them out, and report the number to me."
"yes."
The two of them turned around to look for it. The medicine cabinet was arranged in a certain pattern. Generally, these rarely used poisonous insects were placed in the corners.
The shopkeeper opened his mouth wide. He said you can take whatever you want, so you can take whatever you want. And this thing...
The shopkeeper opened his mouth, wanting to stop them, but when he saw the soldiers standing behind him with a fierce look in their eyes, he dared not open his mouth.
Manbao walked around the pharmacy, took out a piece of paper, took out an ink stick and an inkstone, picked up a teacup from the table, opened it, and found clean boiled water inside. She poured some water into the inkstone and began to grind the ink.
Su Mu and Su Ye found these things, pulled them out of the drawer, and then carefully placed them on plates to weigh them.
Su Mu counted, "Teacher, there are six and a half qian of scorpion, and only three qian of cicada shell..."
Very little.
Although it was a small amount, it was still medicine. Manbao lowered his eyes and took note of it.
After they had all taken theirs, he said, "Take eight cents of angelica. Do you have any ginseng?"
This thing is expensive. Su Mu and Su Ye looked for it but couldn't find it, so they looked at the store owner.
The shopkeeper wanted to say no, but the soldier pulled out his knife and angrily asked, "Do you have any?"
He didn't dare to say no, and hurried to the backyard. After a while, he brought up a box. When he opened it, there were two ginseng plants inside, one of which was intact, and the other was half taken.
He almost cried out, "Sir, these are all we have. We really don't have any more in our shop."
Manbao looked at him, smiled and accepted it. She didn't believe that he really had no more.
Since Jishidang was so far away from Goguryeo, the shopkeeper Zheng would hide these precious medicinal materials separately. There were two copies in the pharmacy, which were kept separately, and the most important one was also kept at home.
But she couldn't buy so much.
Manbao noted its grade, then handed the box to the soldier and asked Sumu and Suye to continue preparing the medicine.
When they had all been caught, there was a large pile of medicine, and the soldiers went straight up and picked it up in their hands.
The shop owner had collapsed and could only stand by the counter.
Manbao picked up a pen and calculated the price.
She didn't know how much the medicine cost here. If she asked, he would definitely not tell her the truth. He would either raise the price or lower it. So she just calculated the price based on what she knew about the medicine in Jishidiang.
Then Manbao became distressed because she didn't know the value of the pearl.
Manbao pinched a pearl and asked the soldier, "How much is a pearl like this worth?"
This soldier knows this. They are the ones who know the most about this kind of luxury goods. After all, the spoils of war have to be converted into cash later, and everyone has to be aware of this.
He glanced at the pearl in Zhou Man's hand and grinned, "Your Excellency's pearl is of excellent quality. Such a fine pearl should be worth at least three hundred yuan."
The shopkeeper leaning against the counter cursed in his heart, "You are such a boor who doesn't know the value of things. If you send pearls like this to a wealthy family, they won't sell for less than five thousand coins. These are sea pearls sent from the south, not easy to come by, they are big and round."
Manbao thought about it and wondered how her fourth brother sold the bucket of pearls he brought back.
It had been so long that Manbao couldn't remember it anymore. Besides, it was a freshwater pearl, which was different from this pearl. So she hesitated, "Really?"
"Really? We gave all the pearls we got to the captain to exchange for money. That's how we exchanged them."
Manbao had a rough idea of its value. This thing was worth at least four hundred coins.
Manbao took out two pearls, then took out ten more and handed them to the shopkeeper, "Do you want pearls or gold for the medicine?"
She said, "If you want gold, this is all I have, and the rest can only make up for your pearls."
There was no other way, so Qibi Heli gave her the pearl.
The shopkeeper was stunned, looked at Zhou Man's face and asked, "Really, really give me the money?"
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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