To go to the Lion House on Cross Street, you have to pass by Zhao Ji's Drug Store on West Street.
Yun Chao stopped the oxcart and prepared to go in to see if shopkeeper Zhao had purchased any goods. There was not much alkali stone left.
Shopkeeper Zhao still remembered Yun Chao. After the two briefly exchanged greetings, Yun Chao asked him if he had any alkali stone.
Shopkeeper Zhao shook his head: "Xiao Langjun, you don't know. Recently, there have been bandits in our Qingyang County. Many merchants have been robbed. A batch of my goods were also robbed a few days ago, and the alkali stone that was brought in was also robbed." Was robbed..."
Yun Chaoyi frowned: "Shopkeeper Zhao, do you know where the bandits came from?"
"I don't know. Some people say it's from Erliang Mountain, some people say it's from Heisongling. It's all there. I can't be sure."
Since there was no alkali stone, Yun Chao did not intend to waste time, said goodbye to shopkeeper Zhao, and prepared to leave.
At this time, a customer came with a prescription and asked shopkeeper Zhao to fill him with medicine.
Yun Chao was very curious about Wu Chao's medical skills and was not in a hurry to leave. He was going to see how shopkeeper Zhao prepared the medicine.
I saw that shopkeeper Zhao didn't even use a scale. He just took a look at the prescription, took an oil paper bag, opened a few small drawers on the shelf, squeezed it casually with his hands a few times, and grabbed the medicine after a while. .
After the guest left, Yun Chao asked curiously: "Shopkeeper Zhao, don't you even need to weigh the medicine?"
Shopkeeper Zhao smiled slightly and pointed to a delicate small scale on the counter: "Young man, I'm not bragging. My hand is more accurate than that. If you don't believe me, try it."
Yun Chao's curiosity was piqued: "Haha, then I'm not polite. Shopkeeper Zhao, just give me three qian of sugar!"
Shopkeeper Zhao opened a small drawer, took a piece of oil paper, grabbed a handful in the drawer, and weighed it on a small scale...
Yun Chao's eyes were as wide as copper bells: "Wow, Shopkeeper Zhao, you are so awesome, not too much, not too little, just right!"
It was rare to show off in front of a boy who seemed to be studying. Shopkeeper Zhao was so happy that he started talking...
It turns out that shopkeeper Zhao can not only grab medicine, but also collect medicine, make medicine, and even see a doctor.
According to him, he started going to the mountains with his master to collect herbs at the age of seven.
He has been practicing medicine for three years. When he was ten years old, his master saw that he was a good character and started to teach him how to prepare medicinal materials.
He worked for another three years, and when he was thirteen years old, the master taught him how to take medicine.
It took him three years to catch him. When he was sixteen, his master taught him how to treat a doctor.
After studying for ten years, Shopkeeper Zhao finally became a master at the age of twenty-six!
Yun Chao was dumbfounded. It took so long to learn a skill. He spent more than twenty years learning almost nothing else. To specialize in one skill, how advanced should his skills be?
No wonder Shopkeeper Zhao catches it accurately every time. It turns out that he practices it by taking medicine every day!
"Shopkeeper Zhao, can you tell whether a woman is pregnant?"
Shopkeeper Zhao glared: "What is touching a woman? It's really unpleasant. It's to feel the pulse. To tell whether a woman is pregnant or not, whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl, as long as you are a real doctor, you can do it all!"
"ah?"
Yun Chao was really shocked this time. In his previous life, he had watched some costume movies and TV series, in which the miracle doctor could tell whether a woman was pregnant or not by taking a pulse. He felt quite awesome.
Who would have known that this was a basic skill in ancient times? Depending on what Shopkeeper Zhao meant, if you didn’t know it, it seemed like you wouldn’t be able to get along in the medical circle!
But it’s no wonder, where did the Chinese medicine of later generations come from?
You can become a doctor after just a few years of schooling.
Look at Shopkeeper Zhao again. He has endured so much hardship and suffered so much since he was an apprentice, and how many days and nights he has practiced from medicinal materials to patients. How can the students who come out of the school in later generations compare!
Yun Chao was not just sitting around teasing Mengzi. When shopkeeper Zhao was giving medicine to the patient, Yun Chao discovered that one of the medicines looked like sugar.
Now I was sure that I was right, sugar was actually a medicinal ingredient.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, is this sugar also medicine?"
When Shopkeeper Zhao heard that Yun Chao asked about his professional field, he immediately became energetic: "Of course! White sugar is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the lungs and spleen meridian. It has the functions of moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and tonifying the body." It has the effect of clearing Qi, clearing away heat and drying dampness, sobering up and detoxifying. It can be used to treat spleen deficiency and diarrhea, dry mouth and tongue, dryness of the lungs, cough, middle deficiency, abdominal pain and other symptoms..."
"I've learned a lot!"
Yun Chao gave a thumbs up.
I'm not trying to flatter you, this is the first time I've heard that white sugar can actually be used as medicine.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, please wait a moment, I'll be right back."
With that said, Yun Chao turned around and left the medicine shop, tinkered on the bullock cart for a while, and then came back.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, what do you think this is?"
Yun Chao placed an oil paper bag on the counter and extended his hand to let shopkeeper Zhao take a look.
Shopkeeper Zhao was not polite, he reached out and opened the oil paper bag...
And then...and then nothing more.
Shopkeeper Zhao remained in the same position as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points, unable to move for a long time.
"This... this, this..."
Shopkeeper Zhao is no longer in the mood to show off.
"Xiao Langjun, is this refined salt?"
Yun Chao smiled slightly: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you can have a taste."
Shopkeeper Zhao carefully pinched a handful and gently put it into his mouth...
And then...and then no more.
Shopkeeper Zhao almost dropped his jaw in shock: "Sugar? This...this is actually white sugar?"
It’s not that shopkeeper Zhao is making a fuss, but he has never seen such white sugar before!
It was whiter than the finest refined salt he had ever seen, and more attractive than the popular Xue Fu in Qingyang County!
Seeing shopkeeper Zhao so shocked, Yun Chao was not surprised at all.
Because he had carefully observed the white sugar in Shopkeeper Zhao's drug store.
It was said to be white sugar, but it was whiter than the brown sugar he bought at Nanhuo Store.
The whiteness is very limited. Rather than saying it is white sugar, it is more appropriate to call it brown sugar. It is similar to the so-called fine icing sugar used by Shizilou.
However, the icing sugar is a fine powder and the sugar is small particles.
Although the sugar purified by Yun Chao could not reach the level of white sugar in later generations, it was whiter than any sugar he had seen in the Wu Dynasty, and it was still much whiter!
That's why Shopkeeper Zhao was so shocked.
"Xiao...Xiao Langjun, where did you get such good white sugar?"
Of course, Yun Chao couldn't say that he purified it himself. From Shopkeeper Zhao's reaction, it could be seen that his kind of white sugar must be rare.
It is not difficult to imagine what the consequences would be if word spread that he could purify white sugar.
Not to mention that Yun Chao has just started, even if his power expands ten times, he will be eaten to the bone.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, just tell me, do you accept this kind of white sugar?"
Shopkeeper Zhao was startled: "Take it, take it! Mr. Xiao Lang, how many do you have?"
Yun Chao waved his hand: "Shopkeeper Zhao, don't ask me how much I have, first tell me how much I charge?"
