"Brother Zhang, you are here to sell medicine again today."
In the medicine shop in Shancheng Town, the shopkeeper looked at Zhang Xiaojiu eagerly.
In the beginning, Zhang Xiaojiu was an ordinary mountain village boy, and he didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, Lianshan Town has so many villages under its jurisdiction. Every day, villagers go up the mountain to collect and deliver some herbal medicines. Occasionally, they can encounter some more precious medicinal materials, but most of the time they are commonplace. Herbal medicines can't be sold at a high price at all, so they can only be piled up based on quantity.
Zhang Xiaojiu was the same at the beginning, giving some very common herbs in exchange for some money.
But later on, Zhang Xiaojiu would occasionally sell some ointments and powders.
The shopkeeper didn’t pay much attention to it at first, but after research by the pharmacists in the pharmacy, they found that these ointments and powders were extremely extraordinary.
It seems that they are all using ordinary herbs, but the ratio of various medicinal materials and the different cooking techniques have actually increased the efficacy of these ointments by more than 30%.
Nowadays, the pharmacists in the pharmacy are still studying how to mix these ointments. Before the research is done, Zhang Xiaojiu cannot move lightly, especially at this time.
Of course, those who can open a medicine shop in a mountain town are not ordinary people.
The medicine shop in Shancheng Town is the property of the Wang family in Jiuliancheng. Although the shopkeeper is a branch of the Wang family, being able to be in charge of a town's medicine shop is enough to show that he is a capable person.
The shopkeeper knows very well that there will be big events in Shancheng Town. A direct descendant of the Wang family is coming to Shancheng Town. The people above him have secretly told him to prepare more medicinal materials.
Although he didn't say why, the shopkeeper has begun to pay attention to the medicinal materials in the entire mountain town.
Especially for medicines to treat external wounds and internal injuries, shopkeepers have tightened their pockets and reduced sales to the outside world.
The ointments and powders that Zhang Xiaojiu has been selling are very effective in treating external injuries such as stab wounds and arrow wounds, as well as internal injuries such as internal bleeding, and are even more effective than similar prescriptions.
Therefore, until the shopkeeper doesn't know where Zhang Xiaojiu got the prescription from and whether Zhang Xiaojiu has any secrets, he won't do anything to Zhang Xiaojiu and will make friends with him.
“Brother Zhang, I won’t hide it from you. Pharmacies are now collecting a large amount of medicines, especially those used to treat trauma and internal trauma. I’ll give you an extra 20% of the price for this batch of medicines. How’s that? ?”
The shopkeeper said to Zhang Xiaojiu with a smile and placed a money bag in front of Zhang Xiaojiu.
Zhang Xiaojiu was overjoyed when he heard that the price was 20% higher. After thanking him, he left the pharmacy with his money bag and went to the butcher shop to buy meat.
Like the medicine shop, the butcher shop is also a business exclusively run by the Wang family in Jiuliancheng.
In addition to selling some common medicinal materials, the pharmacy mainly sells elixirs and ointments for body building, skin and bone refining.
The most important thing about the butcher shop is to sell the meat of monster beasts.
Jiulian City is a city built on nine mountains. The most abundant things in the mountains are various medicinal materials and various monsters.
Once a warrior hunts monsters or mountain people collect precious medicine, they will sell it to the Wang family. The price given by the Wang family is fair. In addition, the Wang family is still the overlord of Jiulian City, and no one dares to compete with the Wang family for these two items. door business.
Therefore, the Wang family can be said to control the promotion channels for warriors in Jiulian City. After all, warriors' daily practice requires meat and medicinal baths, and promotion requires elixirs and the flesh and blood of monsters.
Zhang Xiaojiu took the money to the butcher shop and bought ten kilograms of meat. Now Zhang Xiaojiu is also a regular customer of the butcher shop. The shopkeeper of the butcher shop even gave Zhang Xiaojiu a pair of iron-backed pig eyes.
Monsters and beasts are all treasures. Their skins can be used to make armor. Meat is a necessity for warriors’ daily practice. Blood essence is an indispensable main medicine for warriors to advance. Bones and minions can be used to make weapons or weapons. It's about grinding elixirs and making medicated baths
The eyes of the iron-backed pig are also a tonic for Zhang Xiaojiu. Warriors pay more attention to the five senses. Hearing, smell, vision and taste are all extremely important. Although the iron-backed pig is just the most common monster, a pair of eyes also costs a lot of money.
Now that Bai has a pair of eyes, it can be said to be an unexpected joy for Zhang Xiaojiu.
But when Zhang Xiaojiu was about to leave the mountain town with the meat, he encountered another accident.
"Zhang Shaoxia?!"
Hearing this voice full of surprise, Zhang Xiaojiu turned around and saw that it was the girl he saved last time: "Miss Liu, what are you doing? I haven’t left Shancheng Town yet. This Shancheng Town has not been peaceful recently.”
Last time Zhang Xiaojiu was selling medicinal materials in Shancheng Town, he encountered Miss Liu being blocked in an alley by several gangsters who were trying to do something wrong.
These gangsters also have some reputation in the mountain town. They belong to the famous fishing gang in the mountain town. They are just non-staff disciples of the fishing gang. But even though they are non-staff disciples, these gangsters usually rely on the fishing gang. The gang's background is tyrannical and oppresses the countryside, making people dare not speak out.
Zhang Xiaojiu is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He relied on his own tempered cowhide to punish these gangsters. Those gangsters had no ability in the first place. They just had a fishing gang background. After they couldn't beat Zhang Xiaojiu, they put down their ruthlessness. The words just slipped away.
And Zhang Xiaojiu also got to know Miss Liu.
Miss Liu's name is Liu Qing, and she looks like Xiaojiabiyu. According to Liu Qing, she came to Shancheng Town to seek refuge with her relatives. Unexpectedly, she encountered local gangsters as soon as she arrived in Shancheng Town. Thanks to Zhang Xiaojiu's help.
Liu Qing always wanted to repay Zhang Xiaojiu, but Zhang Xiaojiu saw that Liu Qing was in trouble, and he was also born in poverty, so he didn't want to embarrass Liu Qing, so he shied away.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaojiu met Liu Qing again when he came to Shancheng Town this time.
After Liu Qing heard Zhang Xiaojiu say that the peace in Shancheng Town was not peaceful, she looked a little gloomy and couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, I also see that Shancheng Town is not peaceful now."
"But right now I really have nowhere to go. "
Zhang Xiaojiu asked doubtfully: "Miss Liu, you didn't come to seek refuge with your relatives?"
Liu Qing looked even sadder when she heard this: "Zhang Shaoxia didn't know, I originally came to seek refuge with my brother. Yes, my brother got married in the mountain town, and his life was prosperous."
"Unexpectedly, my brother was eaten by a monster while collecting herbs in the mountains, and my sister-in-law took over the family business and didn't want me. Entering the door, I really have nowhere to go"
Eaten by a monster?
Zhang Xiaojiu was shocked, remembering that various gangs such as the fishing gang and the firewood gang in the mountain town are constantly entering the mountains. Today, the shopkeeper of the medicine shop said that the price of medicinal materials has increased. Could it be that something happened in the mountains?
Zhang Xiaojiu looked at Liu Qing who felt pity for me, and couldn't help but ask: "Miss Liu, where are you going now?"
Liu Qing smiled bitterly: "Me neither I know where to go, but now that I have nothing to gain, I really have no choice but to sell myself to those rich gentry to make a living."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaojiu thought for a moment and handed a money bag to Liu Qing: "Miss Liu , take the money and use it first, don’t think about selling yourself.”
Liu Qing looked at the money bag in her hand and looked at Zhang Xiaojiu in disbelief.
And Zhang Xiaojiu said seriously: "My master taught me that the poorer you are, the more ambitious you should be."
"Miss Liu, don't be discouraged, there is always a turning point in everything."
After that, Zhang Xiaojiu turned and left, leaving Liu Qing alone to watch Zhang Xiaojiu leave. (End of this chapter)