Zhou Boxu's hand tightened on the medicine list, and the hearts of Fei Kai and others who were watching him closely also tightened.
Did he notice something?
Just when Fei Kai and others were feeling uneasy, Zhou Poxu raised his eyes and glanced at them, his face softened and he said: "You are really efficient in your work."
"Accepting the order of your Excellency, we shall do our best to alleviate the danger of the people." All the medicine dealers looked respectful.
Zhou Bo prefaced: "Now that we have raised all the money, let's pay for the medicine and load it into the truck."
"Yes." The medicine dealers responded happily and left quickly.
Fei Kai suppressed the joy in his heart and said: "I will arrange the carriages, horses and manpower now."
The quantity of medicinal materials purchased this time is huge, and the manpower and carriages brought by Zhou Boxu alone are far from enough.
"Thank you, sir." Looking at Fei Kai who couldn't hide his excitement, Zhou Boxu narrowed his eyes slightly.
An hour later, the front of the government office was crowded with carriages, horses and people, as well as mountains of various medicinal materials.
Zhou Poxu sat on a chair, with guard Lin Jun standing beside him. Behind him were stacks of silver boxes, and a team of guards with swords guarding him.
"Let's get started, count the medicines and load them into the truck." Zhou Boxu ordered.
Fei Kai was startled: "Test medicine?"
Who checks?
Two people walked out of the crowd around them, one of them was about forty years old, and they were unfamiliar faces. The other man had gray hair, shabby clothes and a thin figure. Fei Kai and all the drug dealers knew him well.
Not only do they know him, but almost everyone in Oiwa City knows this person.
Strange doctor, Eucommia ulmoides.
Eucommia ulmoides is a native of Dabancheng. He has excellent medical skills, but his temper is weird and weird. He is not moved by the rich and powerful. Asking him to diagnose and treat diseases is as difficult as going to heaven. It all depends on his mood.
Due to his withdrawn temperament, Eucommia lives alone in a thatched hut outside Dabancheng City. He goes to the mountains to collect medicines on weekdays, and treats someone on a whim once in exchange for some scraps of silver to survive. Other than that, he never interacts with others.
Fei Kai looked at Zhou Boxu in shock, wondering how he found Eucommia ulmoides and how he invited him.
Obviously, he has been at the mansion for the past few days. The only time he went out, he was followed by guards.
Zhou Boxu looked at Eucommia ulmoides. This was his first time seeing this person.
On the night of Duanzhou's meeting, the magistrate said that there was a strange doctor in Dabancheng who was good at treating epidemic diseases. If he could be called upon, he would be even more powerful.
The day after Zhou Boxu arrived in Opan City, he sent people to make secret visits. He spent three days to find out the strange doctor's residence and temperament, and then wrote a letter.
The content of the letter is very simple, with only a few words.
I heard that your husband has excellent medical skills, but I wonder who is better than the imperial physician in the palace?
This time the Duanzhou epidemic comes, the palace doctor will be coming soon. Sir, are you willing to go?
After reading this letter, Du Zhong's attitude changed drastically and he immediately agreed to go to Duanzhou.
Eucommia ulmoides does not love gold or silver, nor does it have the compassion to help the world, but it loves winning and losing.
Ordinary folk doctors are not as good as him in medical skills. But he had no contact with the imperial physician in the palace and had never tried it.
If he can compare with the imperial physician in the palace, then he will have no regrets in this life.
"This is the doctor I brought here. I believe you all know Mr. Du. All the medicinal materials must be inspected by them before the deal can be concluded." Zhou Boxu sat upright with a solemn look on his face.
No one expected that Zhou Boxu would do this.
The drug dealers looked to Fei Kai for help.
Fei Kai tentatively said: "Sir, the pharmacist has been dealing with medicinal materials all year round. He is very familiar with all kinds of medicinal materials. He also has pharmacists under him who have checked them. They must be correct. It is troublesome to check them one by one and it is extremely time-consuming. According to my opinion, Just pay the points and load the car.”
Zhou Boxu glanced over coldly: "Load it directly into the car. If the medicinal materials are wrong, will Mr. Fei put a head on his neck to apologize?"
"This..." Fei Kai didn't dare to continue.
Compared with money, life is naturally more important.
Seeing that Fei Kai couldn't stop Zhou Boxu, all the medicine dealers looked at each other with guilty conscience, not knowing what to do.
"Start." Zhou Boxu urged in a deep voice, leaving no room for doubt.
The drug dealers had no choice but to bite the bullet and test the medicine.
After only looking at five bags, Eucommia ulmoides frowned and cursed: "What the hell are these things? Can they be called medicine?"
"A group of evil-hearted people who pass off inferior weapons as good ones, pass off useless weapons as fake ones, and disregard human lives without fear of retribution."
Eucommia ulmoides cursed loudly, and the people onlookers talked a lot. Fei Kai and the pharmacist looked at Zhou Boxu with their eyes to observe his reaction.
"Haha, weeds can also get in. It's really rotten to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys..."
Eucommia directly poured the medicinal materials on the ground and spread them out for the people to see.
Oiwa City is rich in medicinal materials. Although not everyone knows medicine, almost everyone knows medicine. At this glance, everyone saw the problem.
Zhou Boxu asked with a cold face: "Are you all so compassionate and trying your best?"
Fei Kai saw that the situation was wrong and angrily yelled at the drug dealers: "What did you do? Didn't you check it carefully before sending it?"
Upon hearing this, all the medicine dealers hurriedly followed the words and said: "Yes, yes, the villain knows his mistake. He should not be careless and be fooled by the people below."
Zhou Bexu watched them sing and sang with cold eyes, and said: "I'll give you a chance to make up for your mistakes. Hand in the qualified medicinal materials tomorrow morning. Count them according to the quantity on the medicine list. Whoever is short of a bag will use his head to make up for it."
As soon as these words came out, Fei Kai and the drug dealer were shocked.
It is simply impossible to gather so many medicinal materials in just one day.
"Sir... Your Majesty, one day is indeed too urgent. Can you tolerate it until three days?" Fei Kai begged for discussion.
"Okay." Zhou Boxu responded readily.
Fei Kai and the other medicine dealers were overjoyed. Before they could express their thanks, Zhou Boxu spoke again.
"For the people of Duanzhou who are infected by the epidemic, you will have to compensate for the number of lives you lose as many as you die in one day. Let's start with Mr. Fei. If there are not enough people, your family members will be included." Zhou Boxu looked at Fei Kai and the drug dealer with a cold face. Like ice.
"how?"
Zhou Bexu stared at them and asked coolly.
Looking up at Zhou Boxu's eyes in horror, Fei Kai and others felt chills on their spines and necks.
The people around him turned their attention to Fei Kai. It was not a big deal to watch the excitement, and they were even vaguely excited and looking forward to it.
Being coerced like this in public, Fei Kai blushed in embarrassment, scratched his neck and said: "Although your official position is higher than that of the subordinate, in terms of power and responsibility, you have no right to decide the life or death of the subordinate."
Hearing this, Zhou Boxu ordered in a cold voice: "Lin Jun, take it down."
Lin Jun received the order, quickly moved to Fei Kai, wrung his hands and kicked his legs in one go, and forced Fei Kai to kneel on the ground.
The Yamen soldiers on the side were about to move, and Zhou Poxu's bodyguard stood up and drew his sword. When the Yamen soldiers saw this, they had no choice but to hold back for the time being.
Zhou Poxu stood up, pulled out Lin Jun's sword and put it on Fei Kai's neck. He whispered in a low voice: "If I kill a dog official who colludes with drug dealers to seek wealth and death, do you think the Holy Emperor will reward me?" Or punish me? Will the people praise me or condemn me?"
Upon hearing this, all the medicine dealers knelt down in shock.
The cold and sharp blade was pressed against his neck. Fei Kaicheng was so frightened that he didn't even dare to take a big breath, for fear that if he moved too much, he would hit the blade and scratch his neck.
It's true that Oiwa City is his territory, and he has more manpower than Zhou Boxu. But the Zhou berth position has high weight, and what he does is reasonable and reasonable. If he fights head-on with him, even if he wins, he will be arrested by the court.
Moreover, Zhou Boxu's knife was currently on his neck, and he had lost the opportunity.
