"Commoner Ji Zhong greets the princess."
The man called Boss Ji walked around the crowd and came to Jiang Li, bowing respectfully.
"Boss Ji, there's no need to be so polite. Since this is a business gathering, let's just talk business."
Jiang Li had seen his name on the list related to the Qin family, so when she saw Ji Zhong's hypocritical performance, she sneered in her heart, but looked calm on the surface.
Ji Zhong nodded and bowed to Zhu Yongzhi, "Boss Zhu, please speak."
"Boss Ji, although I don't know much about medicine, I have an elderly mother at home who is bedridden all year round, and I can be considered a doctor by tending to her illness, so I do know a little about these medicinal herbs."
As Zhu Yongzhi spoke, he used chopsticks to pick up a medicinal ingredient from his medicine bowl and placed it on Ji Zhong's palm.
"Boss Ji, take a look, is this ginseng or pokeweed?"
"Smilax china?" Someone came over with a puzzled look on his face.
Ji Zhong's expression changed in an instant, and he looked carefully at the thing in his hand.
"Hiss——" After taking a breath, he raised it up again so that more people could see it.
"How could it be Phytolacca?!"
Bai Mo, who had been watching the movements nearby, suddenly saw the medicinal herbs in Ji Zhong's hand and rushed over.
"Impossible!" Bai Mo snatched it away, his face filled with astonishment. "I've checked all the herbs, and I didn't ask anyone to prepare Phytolacca japonica. How could it be Phytolacca japonica?!"
Everyone noticed the change in Bai Mo's expression. Now, even those who didn't know Shanglu knew that this thing must have some special features.
Zhu Yongzhi sneered and shook his head, "You all saw it, I didn't cause trouble on purpose today. It's just that they were too eager to make money, so they treated us so perfunctorily!"
Pointing at the Chinese pomelo in Bai Mo's hand, Zhu Yongzhi said, "Boss Ji, please tell me the difference between Chinese pomelo and ginseng."
Ji Zhong thought for a while before saying in a deep voice, "As you can see, this Chinese rhubarb and ginseng look quite similar. It's naturally difficult for ordinary people to tell them apart."
"As a medicinal herb, pokeweed is often used as a diuretic and to reduce swelling. However, if used like ginseng, it can cause vomiting and diarrhea at best, and even damage the liver at worst..."
As soon as Ji Zhong finished speaking, Zhu Yongzhi immediately paced back and forth excitedly, "Did everyone hear that? Using Chinese prickly ash to replace ginseng is simply despicable, despicable!"
"this……"
“It’s actually true…”
"how so……"
In the crowd, those who were originally very interested in health preservation and medicinal food now spread their hands and sighed, looking melancholy.
"Bang!" A man slammed the table first. "Could it be that Princess, you have lured us here to rob us and kill us?"
In an instant, quarrels broke out and someone even knocked over the medicinal food bowl in front of him.
"Oh my God, is there any law here?"
"It's over. We won't die here today, right?"
"Everyone, please be quiet," Zhu Yongzhi said loudly, "Don't worry, this is the emperor's territory after all. With so many of us, the princess won't attack us."
After saying this, Zhu Yongzhi looked at Jiang Li like a victorious rooster, "Businessmen value profit. Everyone can understand what the princess has done."
"Besides, no one is perfect. Now that the lie has been exposed, as long as the princess takes responsibility for the matter, we don't disagree with letting this matter go, right?"
No one spoke, everyone stared at Jiang Li.
She glanced at Zhu Yongzhi, curled her lips, and then said, "Responsible? How do you want me to be responsible?"
"Admit your mistake in front of everyone? Then, close down the Liuli Herbal Cuisine Shop from now on. Ideally, give everyone present today hush money?"
"That's good, of course." Zhu Yongzhi rubbed his hands and looked around. "Everyone, do you think this is okay?"
"That depends on how much hush money you give me."
"That's right, don't even think about sending beggars away! After all, this involves human lives!"
"Boss Zhu, you can't always speak for the princess!"
“…”
The bosses who came with Zhu Yongzhi started to stir up trouble again.
"This..." Zhu Yongzhi looked at Jiang Li with an embarrassed expression, "Princess, it's not that I, Zhu, disagree. If you want to resolve this matter today, it seems that you have to..."
Zhu Yongzhi never expected that things would go so smoothly. He couldn't help but rub his thumb and index finger at Jiang Li, looking very proud.
"Boss Zhu, and the bosses behind you, have you finished talking?" Jiang Li's almond-shaped eyes flashed with a sharp edge. "It's not that I don't want to give you money, I'm just worried that you won't be able to eat it."
The woman frowned and sighed, "Anyway, you're accusing me of tampering with the herbs just to make more money, right?"
Zhu Yongzhi didn't know what Jiang Li meant by this, so he immediately said, "Princess, this is not an accusation, this is a fact."
"Yes, that's true." Someone echoed behind him.
"Okay." Jiang Li smiled coldly, "Then let's see who is behind the attack on the medicinal herbs?"
"Someone come."
Following Jiang Li's order, Yin Tian brought a pot of charcoal fire and some candlelight from the kitchen.
"Princess, what does this mean?"
An elderly businessman standing next to Jiang Li couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Li smiled gently and then raised her voice, "Everyone just heard the investment plan, and I'm sure you all know that my herbal medicine shop is making a fortune in the capital."
"But have you ever thought about why, after all this time, there hasn't been a single bad rumor about the herbal medicine shop?"
Zhu Yongzhi snorted coldly. He heard from Qin Ji that it was not that he had not sent people to the herbal medicine shop to cause trouble, but there were too many people queuing up every day. Occasionally, a few troublemakers would appear, but they would not cause any sensation at all and would be discovered in an instant.
That's why Qin Ji asked Zhu Yongzhi to seize today's opportunity and make a scene in such a grand occasion.
Jiang Li blinked and smiled, "Not only are all our medicinal dishes preserved, but more importantly—"
She looked at Zhu Yongzhi and the people behind him, and said slowly, "The herbs in our herbal medicine shop are all prepared using special methods. Just like this..."
Jiang Li took the chopsticks handed to him by Bai Zhi, picked up a medicinal ingredient from the medicinal bowl closest to him, and roasted it on the charcoal fire.
"As you can see, all the herbs in our herbal medicine shop will turn golden yellow after being burned by open flames."
Amidst everyone's exclamations, Jiang Li put down his chopsticks and raised his hand to the crowd, saying, "You can try it yourself now. You can ask Boss Ji to check for you to see if there are any problems with the herbs in the medicine bowl. Also, check to see if they are the herbs produced by our medicine shop. You can use either charcoal fire or candlelight."
After saying that, Jiang Li took out a handkerchief to wipe it, then looked at Zhu Yongzhi with a smile, "Why, Boss Zhu, don't you want to give it a try?"
She pretended not to see the panic in Zhu Yongzhi's eyes and said to Bai Mo, "Bai Mo, give me the shanglu in your hand."
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