“There aren’t that many people with weak constitutions. I’m thinking of having pharmacies help sell them, but I feel it’s not worth opening a shop specifically for this purpose, what if I lose money…”
“Listen to me, open a shop and sell it yourself, you definitely won’t lose money,” Liu An said with a meaningful smile. “You’re still young, you don’t understand.”
When it comes to a man's dignity, no one can be indifferent.
If it exists, it's definitely fake.
Of course, those with substantial capital are an exception, but such people are mostly not scholars or nobles.
As the saying goes, "If you understand one thing, you understand everything," Liu An felt that he actually had a great talent for making money, but he just hadn't had the opportunity to use it before.
Now that he has lost his family fortune, he has been forced to rack his brains to find ways to make money, even if it seems rather despicable.
"Luckily, I didn't have to get involved." Thinking this, he subtly glanced at Huang Xiaosan and muttered in a barely audible voice, "Sure enough, still so young!"
Huang Xiaosan was puzzled by his gaze and felt uneasy, but couldn't figure it out. "Uncle Liu, did I say something wrong?"
"Of course not," Liu An patted his shoulder encouragingly, "Good lad, I have high hopes for you."
After saying that, he left with a smirk on his face.
Jiang Nuan eventually found out about what the two were whispering about.
An San felt that selling aphrodisiacs was too undignified, so he reported the matter to his master.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan's lips twitched immediately.
"I thought Liu An... was the one who needed tonics, but it turns out they wanted to sell him for money."
Logic that's ingenious!
It's unbelievable that a renowned Confucian scholar could come up with such a scheme to amass wealth.
“Madam,” An San voiced his concern, “I think they will attract customers in your name.”
"In my name?" Jiang Nuan looked up in disbelief. "They dare?"
"Of course I dare. Only in this way can I make money the fastest," An San explained slowly. "Anything related to the lady can sell for a sky-high price, and countless people will fight over a single fish, not to mention the tonic pills."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan's face darkened.
She really can't bear to lose face like this.
Without hesitation, he immediately called the two over, "You want to sell Liuwei Dihuang Pills?"
"How did Mother know?" Huang Xiaosan asked somewhat guiltily. "Did Steward Cao inform on you?"
"Never mind all that, just answer me, right?"
"That's the idea."
"Whose terrible idea was this?" Jiang Nuan asked through gritted teeth.
There are so many ways to make money, why choose the most despicable one?
She regretted giving the liquor to Juquanlou for sales, and now her son wants to sell medicine—it's a complete trap.
"he!"
Liu An and Huang Xiaosan pointed at each other without hesitation.
"Mother, it has nothing to do with me. Liu An said he could definitely make money, and he even went to ask you for the prescription. It has nothing to do with me."
"Bullshit," Liu An was forced to swear, "It was clearly you who were blinded by greed that encouraged me to ask for the prescription, and even said you had already found a shop."
"Shameless! It's clearly your fault, why should I take the blame!"
"Turning black into white, doesn't your conscience hurt? It's clearly your fault."
The two stared at each other intently, like fighting cocks, giving the impression that they were about to come to blows.
“We’ll talk about that later,” Jiang Nuan said, stopping the two of them before asking the question that concerned her most, “Are you planning to use my name?”
“Well,” Huang Xiaosan said hastily, lowering his head and immediately denying it, “of course not.”
"Are you sure?" Jiang Nuan narrowed her eyes, looking at her son with a stern gaze, and said, enunciating each word clearly, "You're not lying?"
"Of course."
“Yes,” Liu An echoed, “the prescription was created by the Imperial Physician Gu, and we will use his.”
Seeing Jiang Nuan's rejection, Liu An decisively abandoned his previous plan and used Doctor Gu as a shield.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan asked curiously, "Doctor Gu knows these things?"
"Of course I don't know," Liu An said somewhat guiltily, "We haven't had time to discuss it yet."
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan gave the two of them a subtle once-over and said meaningfully, "Good luck to you!"
Then, he turned away with a smirk.
This is going to be interesting!
Sure enough, less than an hour later, Jiang Nuan heard that the two of them had diarrhea.
It is said that after using inhumane methods to verify many medical puzzles and conjectures, the doctor fed each of them a bowl of soup made from Coptis chinensis and Croton tiglium.
This is truly gratifying!
In a good mood, Jiang Nuan became even more patient with these hard-won ears of corn.
The capital city.
Upon receiving Xiaoyuanzi's message, Ji Xuan murmured in disbelief, "It's actually possible!"
Conquest and plunder are crazy, but inexplicably, they make people excited and thrilled.
The thought of the Great Zhou flag being planted on foreign lands, and of using the words and deeds of sages to teach and tame them, filled Ji Xuan with excitement.
This is a challenge, and also an adventure.
Like candlelight in the dark, it makes people unable to resist the urge to fly like moths to a flame.
"Dark One!"
"Your subordinate is here."
After calming his burning desire, Ji Xuan ordered in a deep voice, "Bring all the intelligence from the Northwest."
"yes!"
After carefully rereading the document, Ji Xuan frowned. "Gandan only has 100,000 troops, and I have already dispatched 200,000. Why are we still unable to defeat them?"
"Little Quanzi, General Xuanwang requests an audience."
"Yes, ma'am."
After learning of Ji Xuan's confusion, General Wang sighed and explained, "There are two reasons:
One is the warhorse. Gandan's warhorses have great endurance and explosive power, making their cavalry powerful, which the Great Zhou cannot match.
Another factor is physique. Gandan people mainly eat meat, and even an ordinary woman weighs over 100 jin (50 kg), easily lifting a spear with one hand. The women of the Great Zhou, however, lack this kind of ferocity.
Finally, General Wang concluded, "Therefore, we can only play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, and wait for the harsh winter to arrive."
"Is there no other way?" Ji Xuan frowned. "With so many people in our Great Zhou, can't we even find some strong and capable warriors?"
"Your Majesty, soldiers not only need to be trained, but also need to be fed. The expenses are too great, and the court officials will not agree to it."
"Like this?" Ji Xuan rubbed his head, looking troubled. "Was the silver donated by those court officials a while ago enough?"
“It’s enough,” General Wang said cautiously, glancing at Ji Xuan before adding, “but that’s their hard-earned wealth, and they cherish every penny as if it were their own son. They would never agree to His Majesty raising an army.”
"Military affairs are of paramount importance to the nation!"
"This old minister agrees, but the officials in the court have different opinions."
Every time this topic comes up, General Wang feels a sense of sorrow.
He had also weathered many storms, so he naturally understood the suppression of military generals by civil officials.
He understood these people's concerns, their fear that the events of the previous dynasty would repeat themselves, but he still felt a chill in his heart.
They are the ones who protect our country and risk their lives, yet they do not receive the respect they deserve.
The Ji family rose to power through rebellion, wielding considerable military power. They were extremely wary of military generals, and civil officials, for their own benefit, followed suit in suppressing them.
But what exactly did they do wrong?
What do they gain by abandoning their families to guard the border, even at the cost of their lives?
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