Chapter 26 Making Pills



"As for me, I am planning to make a lot of money, so I can be generous with my monthly salary in the future."

"Really? That's too much." Zi Yue was very happy when she heard that she could get more monthly salary.

The girl is only ten years old, and even though she is precocious, she is still a bit naive.

"No, there is nothing to be done right now. From now on, you will all be my biggest helpers. I plan to make pills and sell them." Yu Yuzheng then told her plan.

"But, the drugstore sells all kinds of pills, and it's not easy to make a lot of money." Jiang Xi has been to the drugstore many times and knows the situation.

"What I want to do is: I have what others don't, and I am better than others. Isn't this a way to make money?" Yu Yuzheng has a lot of excellent formulas in his mind, and the efficacy of the medicine is definitely better than the pills of this era.

"Oh, don't I have another shop which is a medicine shop? Let's go take a look now and buy some medicine. I will try to make some first, and you can learn from me. I will come back to teach the Liu family later."

"Princess, if we do this in the palace, others will know." Zi Yue was worried.

"We'll do it quietly at night. Don't worry, I don't need to boil the medicine to make the pills, so there's no smell."

The two maids were relieved.

Come to Minhe Street, Baicaotang.

This shop was Yu Yuzheng's mother's dowry shop, and now it is her dowry.

But she never came.

After getting off the carriage, I saw some people coming in and out, and I felt pretty good.

"Excuse me, madam, are you here to see a doctor or get some medicine?" A waiter immediately came forward to ask when he saw a new customer.

"Waiter, is this the shopkeeper's?"

"Madam, are you looking for our boss? He is in the back hall, please follow me." The waiter saw that Yu Yuzheng was well-dressed and did not dare to neglect her.

Invite the person into the back hall.

"Boss, there's a customer looking for you." The waiter shouted.

Hearing the shout, a middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the main room.

He was wearing a navy blue gown, had a goatee, a square face, and a pair of bright eyes. He looked like a smart man.

It seems that my mother is good at employing people.

This person's name is Dong Shike.

"Hello, young lady." Dong Shike immediately greeted the host when he saw that it was the host.

When he went to the Earl's house to settle accounts with his wife, he had seen the young lady several times and recognized her at a glance.

"Don't be polite, Mr. Dong."

"Miss, please sit inside."

A few of them came and sat down in the inner hall. Dong Shike personally poured her tea.

"Uncle Dong, does Baicaotang sell any pills?" Yu Yuzheng was the first to ask.

"Yes, but not many. The price of pills is generally higher than that of prescription medicines with the same efficacy, so ordinary people generally don't buy them. Only some wealthy families will buy them."

After hearing this, Yu Zheng frowned. If that was the case, then ordinary pills wouldn't make much money. Then they could only focus on the efficacy.

For the same effect, if pills only take two or three days to work, while decocted medicine takes half a month, people will choose pills.

"Uncle Dong, where do the pills in the store come from?" Yu Yuzheng was not quite sure whether pills were produced in workshops in this dynasty.

"The doctors in our store wrote the prescriptions, and the guys made them themselves, mainly to meet the needs of customers who travel far away."

"Oh, I see. So there is no source of supply."

"No, each pharmacy makes it themselves and sells it." Dong Shike answered truthfully.

"Uncle Dong, could you please bring some of the pills in the store for me to see?"

Dong Shike brought a porcelain vase from next door.

Yu Zheng looked at the label on the bottle and found that it mainly has the effects of treating colds, diarrhea, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.

Then take it out and taste it.

I feel the formula is average, the effect is there but not significant.

If the prescription she prescribed was made into pills with the same effect, it would definitely be much better than this.

With a clear mind, she also made a plan to go into the high-end market.

"Miss, can you be a doctor?" Dong Shike asked in confusion when he saw Yu Zheng's actions.

"I have read a few medical books in my father's study, but I can't say I know any medicine." Yu Yuzheng only came to investigate the scene today and did not want to reveal the fact that he knew medicine.

"Uncle Dong, send the account books to the Prince's Palace from now on. You should know that my mother gave me this shop as a dowry."

"Yes, Miss. Madam has already given instructions."

Arriving at the prince's palace, Yu Zheng immediately wrote down several prescriptions and the necessary tools.

Some of the tools might not be available for purchase, so she drew a picture and asked Chunlei to go out and find someone to make them.

Chunlei worked quickly and except for a few tools that needed to be custom-made, everything else was purchased that night.

Jiang Xi and Zi Yue were very curious, as they had never done this before and wanted to see how the young lady made the pills.

"I'll teach you tonight. Don't look so ignorant." Yu Yuzheng smiled when she saw the two maids looking eager to try.

This is a physical job.

In order to avoid being discovered by others, they made the pills secretly.

The three women chose to do it in the inner room, right in front of the prince's bed, and they waited until late at night when everyone was asleep.

Qingfeng and Yue had already helped Prince Tu leave.

The princess had someone build a small house for them outside the courtyard to make it convenient for them to keep watch at night.

As long as the maidservant shouted quietly in the courtyard, they would be heard. Both of them were martial arts masters and could jump in without opening the gate.

But this matter cannot be made public for people to know.

"Miss, let's get started." Zi Yue had already moved all the things to the middle.

Choppers, grinders, stone pestles, fine sieves, etc. for medicinal materials.

Yu Zheng planned to make the Bu Tian Da Zao Wan first, which she prepared for Old Master Jin, and weighed various medicines according to the recipe.

"Ziyue, you are responsible for crushing the medicine first. We will grind it into powder tonight. Don't complain about being tired."

The three women started to fight.

Shangguan Ziqi, who was lying on the bed, became aware of the outside world through the wonderful jingling sounds.

He had fainted last night after Yu Yuzheng's silver needles caused blood clots, and he was finally aware of it again. Or maybe he woke up.

He felt that his head was not as heavy as before. He listened to the three women's voices and knew what they were doing.

The three women started chatting about Mr. Jin's illness, and then turned their attention to his body.

"Miss, I heard from Qingfeng that you drained a lot of blood from the prince last night. He was so frightened that he couldn't sleep all night." Jiang Xi smiled.

As a grown man, haven't you ever seen blood?

The two maids watched the servant serve the prince every day, and they became very familiar with each other in just a few days.

"Well, there is blood clot in his brain that is pressing on the nerves, so he can't wake up."

"Miss, what is nerves?" Zi Yue asked.

"Well, for example, you can use a knife to cut herbs, but why do your hands do that?

It's because your brain commands your hands, and this command is through the nerves that extend from the brain to your hands.

You give the command with your hand, and it moves according to your wishes."

"Oh, I see."

Shangguan Ziqi on the bed also listened to this sentence carefully, and then he wanted to try it.

He concentrated his mind and used all his strength to direct his hands to move.

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