Chapter 8: Drug testing? Risk your life to make money! 【Please vote】
Chapter 8: Drug testing? Risk your life to make money! 【Please vote】
the next day
Wei Han went directly to Manager Xu and asked him for half a day off.
There was not much work to do in the warehouse and it was very annoying to have no time to spare. Manager Xu also knew the situation, so he approved the leave without asking any questions.
Wei Han left the pharmacy after lunch.
First, he changed into his old tattered clothes in an empty alley and pretended to be an ordinary disaster victim.
Then he went straight to the Chen's Pharmacy branch two blocks away.
As the largest pharmacy in Qingshan County, Chen's Pharmacy has three branches.
Although this store is smaller, it is still bustling with people, and no one here recognizes the dishevelled Wei Han.
As soon as he entered the branch, he was stopped and scolded by a servant: "What are you doing? Go out and beg for food. This is a pharmacy, not a restaurant."
"Young man, I'm here to try drugs and make money, not to beg for food." Wei Han changed his voice and spoke with a silly smile.
"Testing the medicine, huh?" The servant's attitude softened immediately. He took him to a nearby compartment and said, "The test medicine is here. It costs 1 tael of silver per time. Life or death is at your own risk."
"Is it really one tael?"
Wei Han pretended to be ecstatic.
The servant subconsciously curled his lips, feeling contempt in his heart.
I thought these poor guys were really short-sighted and one tael of silver was indeed a sky-high price.
But if you have the life to earn money, you also have to have the life to spend it. Do you know how many people are carried away every day?
"Go ahead, go ahead."
The servant had no interest in saying anything more.
He just waved his hand and left.
Wei Han took a look at the small compartment and found a counter inside. A medical apprentice was registering and dispensing medicine, and there were seven or eight disaster victims who were even worse off than beggars waiting in line.
Inside the cubicle, there are a dozen people who have tried the medicine and are waiting for the results.
Most of them looked listless, some were bleeding from their noses and were dying, and a few were rolling on the ground holding their stomachs, looking very creepy.
There was also a medical apprentice nearby, who kept asking and recording their feelings.
They really treat people as guinea pigs. It is cruel to the extreme.
"Brother, why don't we just forget about it? I heard that this drug test can kill people. There are a lot of corpses added to the mass graves every day."
"What are you afraid of? We are strong and healthy. Why should we be afraid? It's only one ounce of silver per time."
"Let's find a job carrying heavy bags. We can earn more than one tael of silver a month. Even if we can't find a job, there are some wealthy families outside the city who provide free porridge. We won't starve to death."
"Get lost, you want to drink porridge? Go ahead, I want to eat meat!"
A pair of brothers standing in front of Wei Han were talking in a low voice.
Although the sound was not loud, it spread throughout the cubicle.
Everyone had different expressions, some were excited while others backed off.
But in the end, they couldn't resist the magic of money.
Each of them gritted their teeth and signed the drug trial contract, then took the pill and swallowed it.
"Cough, cough, cough! Puff!"
At this time, an elderly drug tester was coughing violently and spitting blood.
Before anyone could react, he fell to the ground, twitching and died.
"He's dead, he's dead, he took the same medicine as us!"
"Oh my god, we're not going to die too, are we?"
Everyone immediately panicked.
The two pharmacist apprentices were not surprised at all. They didn't even bother to raise their eyelids. They just waved their hands and asked the servants to drag the body away.
Just a few deaths these days won't cause any waves.
"For those who haven't signed, it's still not too late to withdraw. Money is hard to earn." An apprentice sneered and said, "Today we are trying the newly developed ancient Dragon Tiger Pill. It is made from 36 kinds of precious medicinal materials. The cost of one pill is more expensive than your life."
"In order to suppress the heat of the tiger blood in the pill, we have specially added several cold and slightly toxic drugs. Therefore, the risk of drug testing is very high. Otherwise, we wouldn't offer such a high price of one tael of silver. Think it over before signing. You can't go back on your word after you put your fingerprint on it."
The apprentice's words were cold.
But you can see that he is a kind-hearted person who can't bear to see the victims die here.
"Is it so dangerous? I'd better forget it. The government's porridge can make me half full. As long as I don't starve to death, that's fine!"
"I'm not afraid of shit. I'm a tough guy!"
"That's right. If you're not afraid of being poor, why would you be afraid of death?"
After a discussion among the people in the queue.
Only a pale and skinny young man retreated timidly.
The others signed, stamped their seals, and swallowed the pills.
When it was Wei Han's turn, the apprentice in charge of registration asked without even raising his eyelids: "How many do you want to try?"
"How many?" Wei Han was stunned and asked, "Isn't it one for each person?"
"Of course not." The doctor's apprentice explained impatiently: "One pill is just the lowest grade. Sometimes, in order to test the limits of a new medicine, we allow multiple pills to be swallowed together. Anyway, every extra pill you swallow will cost you an extra tael of silver. Do you want to do it?"
"Come on!" Wei Han immediately smiled and raised his hand without hesitation and said, "Five, quick!"
"How many?"
The two medical apprentices were immediately startled.
The other drug testers also had their eyes wide open in confusion, looking at Wei Han as if he were a fool.
This is a tonic prepared for warriors, and it is something that has not yet been developed by Gu Canfang. One pill can easily be fatal.
No matter how strong a person is, he would only dare to try two.
Is this guy crazy? You want to try five?
"I'm short of money!" Wei Han forced back a tear and pretended to explain sadly, "My sister is seriously ill and needs urgent medical treatment. The doctor said that at least five taels of silver would be needed to cure her."
As soon as he finished speaking, the shock in everyone's eyes turned into pity.
Then there were bursts of sighs from the crowd, but no one tried to persuade him anymore.
Who here hasn’t lost their family? It is not uncommon for poor people to risk their lives to make money.
"Okay!" The doctor's apprentice nodded and said, "Here is the contract. Once you sign it, you can get the money to try the medicine."
"good!"
Wei Han signed without even thinking.
He just randomly filled in his name as Wang Wu, received a silver ingot weighing five taels on the spot, and then swallowed five dragon-tiger pills in front of everyone.
"Um!"
Wei Han pretended to look very upset.
Under the pity or greedy gazes of the crowd, he sat quietly aside and said nothing.
But his heart was already filled with joy, because he clearly felt a powerful medicinal force dissolving in his body, while at the same time a toxin was corroding his body.
Unfortunately, the toxin was expelled from the system before it had a chance to take effect.
However, the warming and tonic medicinal power is retained and continues to nourish the body.
"What a strong medicinal power, stronger than the two kilograms of dry herbs I swallowed. It seems that the efficacy of the refined pills has been greatly improved."
"Huh? This Dragon Tiger Pill contains tortoise shell, polygonatum, five-fingered peach, Acanthopanax senticosus, deer antler, and Rehmannia root..."
"There is another powerful ingredient, which should be tiger blood. The prescription is wrong. We shouldn't use so many warming and tonic herbs. We should reduce the amount of Acanthopanax and Deer Antler, and add Red Peony Root and Trachelospermum Officinale to neutralize it."
"Only warriors in the late stage of strength training dare to take this kind of strong medicine. If ordinary people swallow it, they will have nosebleeds, stomachaches and internal heat at best, or die on the spot at worst."
Wei Han muttered secretly in his heart.
Shennong's special effects of tasting hundreds of herbs made him familiar with all kinds of medicines.
He also quickly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the medicinal materials in the Dragon and Tiger Pill.
Time passed by minute by minute. Wei Han followed the drug testing rules and pretended to be weak and stayed here for half an hour, but he still did not die. During this time, the doctor's apprentice came to check on him several times and could not help but marvel at it.
This made everyone who thought he would die on the spot, all drop their jaws in shock?
"Time's up, can I go now?"
Wei Han stood up cheerfully, and without waiting for the two medical apprentices to say anything, he patted his butt and left, leaving a bunch of dumbfounded people looking at each other.
A huge sum of five taels of money can be easily obtained!
But Wei Han was still not satisfied. After some disguise, he rushed to the next pharmacy.
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