Just as Pang Zhengming and Wang Jiahui were exchanging toasts...
Lin Yu and Su Yingxue also arrived at the auction.
"This charity auction held by the Chinese Medicine Association is the largest in recent years. Many representatives from Chinese medicine hospitals and pharmaceutical companies have come. Moreover, it is said that a very rare 'King of Herbs' will be the grand finale of the auction! If we can win the bid for this 'King of Herbs,' it will also enhance the reputation of the charity hospital. I believe that pharmaceutical suppliers will then take the initiative to seek cooperation with us!"
Su Yingxue explained to Lin Yu as she walked into the venue.
Lin Yu nodded. For hospitals, the price of medicines is very important.
Pharmaceutical companies typically prioritize supplying drugs to large hospitals, while deliberately inflating the purchase price for drugs to smaller hospitals.
They want to build a charitable hospital, but they also need to consider the costs.
If this initiative can successfully establish the reputation of the charitable hospital, pharmaceutical companies will likely be vying for orders. This would allow them to lower drug prices for the general public to the lowest possible level.
Before long, the two arrived at the venue and found their seats arranged by the auctioneer.
The auction was still a few minutes away from starting, and whispers could be heard all around.
"Have you heard? This time, the grand finale is a king-sized medicinal herb!"
"The King of Medicine? A thousand-year-old ginseng? I haven't seen it on the market for years!"
"Hey, what's a thousand-year-old ginseng? This treasure is something else!"
"Hey Lao Zhang, what is it? Just tell me already, stop keeping me in suspense!"
At this moment, a portly medicine merchant, with a mysterious expression, said to the crowd, "Have you ever heard of Dragon-Subduing Wood?"
"Dragon-Subduing Wood?"
Everyone looked surprised.
"Dragon-taming wood? Isn't that from the TV series 'The Generals of the Yang Family'?"
"Yes, yes, I remember there was an episode where Mu Guiying used the Dragon-Subduing Wood to break the Heavenly Gate Formation!"
"Isn't that just made up? I never thought there really was such a thing as Dragon-Subduing Wood in this world?"
Everyone found it unbelievable.
The obese medicine merchant shook his head and boasted, "To be honest, you lot are really ignorant. Dragon-Subduing Wood is a medicinal herb, and a top-grade one at that! You probably don't know that last year at an overseas auction, a tiny piece of Dragon-Subduing Wood the size of a palm actually fetched a high price of thirty million!"
"What?"
Everyone looked on in astonishment!
You know, the price of a thousand-year-old ginseng is usually only tens of millions at most. I didn't expect this thing to be more expensive than a thousand-year-old ginseng.
Lin Yu and Su Yingxue exchanged a glance upon hearing these words, both showing surprise.
Lin Yu looked at Su Yingxue with a questioning expression, "Yingxue, you should know about the medicinal value of this Dragon-Subduing Wood, right?"
Su Yingxue blushed, "Are you testing me?"
She rolled her eyes and said, "Of course I know about this Dragon-Subduing Wood. It's recorded in the Compendium of Herbs. Dragon-Subduing Wood, along with Agarwood and Water Lily, is known as one of the three great medicines for calming the mind and stabilizing the spirit!"
"All three can emit a special aroma with medicinal value. Water lily can calm the mind and nourish the blood, agarwood can calm the mind and aid sleep, while dragonwood has a particularly special effect of calming the soul!"
"Because the soul, like the meridians, is not recognized by Western medicine. Only traditional Chinese medicine believes that the soul is stored in the blood. And there are not many things in Chinese medicine that can calm the soul. Dragonwood is one of them! In ancient times, many cases of hysteria were treated with dragonwood!" Su Yingxue spoke eloquently, pouring out everything she had learned.
Lin Yu smiled and nodded, "As expected of a PhD graduate, you have a wide range of knowledge! Indeed, the greatest use of this Dragon-Subduing Wood is to calm the soul and stabilize the spirit! It is especially effective in treating some strange illnesses that are difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. In addition, Dragon-Subduing Wood is also a powerful tool for suppressing feng shui. In Taoism, it is known as one of the three great divine woods, along with thousand-year-old peach wood and lightning-struck wood!"
Lin Yu shook his head and said, "However, the real Dragon-Subduing Wood requires certain natural factors and a confluence of conditions to be born. I seriously doubt whether the Dragon-Subduing Wood in this auction is real! If it is real, it is extremely rare, and we should bid any amount of money to acquire it!"
Lin Yu had seen the Dragon-Subduing Wood before; it was the old blind man's back scratcher, specially used for scratching itches. The old man carried it with him all the time and wouldn't let anyone else touch it.
This old thing only came out when Lin Yu was spanking. So Lin Yu had a very vivid memory of it.
If I encounter a real one this time, I'll definitely film it no matter what.
Meanwhile, on the other side, in a remote corner.
A graceful woman with her face veiled in black sat there quietly.
A subordinate dressed in black approached and reported in Japanese, "Reporting to the Queen, it has been confirmed that the Dragon-Subduing Wood will be the grand finale today!"
The woman nodded after listening and said in broken language, "The Dragon-Subduing Wood, I am determined to have it!"
After she finished speaking, a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
This woman was none other than the Japanese envoy to Great Xia, Princess Fukuda Misa.
She arrived in Yandu yesterday, but didn't stay long, heading directly to Guanzhong. However, no one expected that upon arriving in Guanzhong, her first stop wouldn't be the embassy, but instead, she would attend this charity auction organized by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
Japan has many spies in Bactria, and has also recruited many traitors. One of the missions previously issued by Japan was to find the Dragon-Subduing Wood.
The moment the news of the Dragon-Subduing Wood broke, the Japanese knew about it immediately.
The court feng shui master immediately notified Fukuda Misa, urging the Queen to obtain the dragon-reducing wood at all costs.
Because the Dragon-Subduing Wood is an excellent tool for setting up feng shui formations.
The core of their summer festival formation is within their own country. If they want to bring the feng shui from the Great Xia to their own country, they must use feng shui tools.
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