Although the Daqian court allowed civilians to possess weapons, some things were expressly prohibited, such as armor and powerful crossbows.
However, the regulations of the imperial court can only govern ordinary people and do not have much binding force on the people in the lawless Jianghu. Armor and crossbows can often be seen in the conflicts between some Jianghu forces.
Luo Chen walked around the weapons store a few times, and Wang Yuying had already checked everything in the weapons store. Then the group came to the grocery store southwest of the intersection.
"Chen'er, there are a lot of things to deal with in the grocery store, so it may take me a long time. You can browse the store by yourself and don't run around."
When they arrived at the grocery store, Wang Yuying warned Luo Chen. Then she said to Li Tian: "Commander Li, please keep an eye on Chen'er and don't let him run around."
"Mom, I understand." Luo Chen nodded obediently.
"Madam, just go ahead and do your work! My subordinates will take good care of the young master." Li Tian also responded.
Wang Yuying nodded, and then took Zhixiang and followed the 50-year-old grocery store manager Qian to the accounting room in the backyard.
Luo Chen walked around the grocery store and then walked out of the store, intending to find a pharmacy to buy some medicinal materials. He did not forget the purpose of coming to Qingshan Town.
But when Luo Chen was about to walk to the street, Li Tian appeared in front of him: "Master, where are you going?"
"Uncle Li, I'm going out for a walk. It's too boring to stay here." Luo Chen said.
"This is not possible. You have heard what Madam said. You can't run around." Li Tian said with a smile.
"I won't run around, I'll just go to that store and have a look."
As he said that, Luo Chen pointed to a shop called Huichun Tang diagonally across the street.
Luo Chen had noticed this shop for a long time. When he saw the name of the shop and the things in the hands of people coming in and out, Luo Chen knew that this was probably a pharmacy.
Li Tian looked at Luo Chen suspiciously, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "Okay! But you can only go to that house, and you can't run around anymore."
"Uncle Li, don't worry!" After saying that, Luo Chen walked towards the Huichun Hall.
Looking at Luo Chen's small figure as he left, Li Tian glanced at a guard next to him. The guard understood and quickly followed Luo Chen.
Seeing a guard following him, Luo Chen didn't care. He knew that it was sent by Li Tian to protect him, and Luo Chen also knew that the guard's surname was Chen.
After walking through the street, Luo Chen came to the Huichun Hall. There was a long table not far to the right of the entrance to the Huichun Hall. Behind the long table sat a sleepy man in his 40s with a long beard.
Next to the long table is a counter, and behind the counter is a large cabinet covered with small drawers.
At this time, a young man who looked like a teenage apprentice who was sorting medicinal materials behind the counter saw someone entering the store and asked: "Do you want to see a doctor or take medicine?"
The boy's voice woke up the drowsy man behind the long table. The man opened his eyes and looked at Luo Chen, intending to continue squinting.
But when the corner of his eyes glanced at Guard Chen behind Luo Chen, the man suddenly became energetic.
As the shopkeeper of a time-honored shop in Gushan Town, the man certainly knew the cyan outfit with a purple mist pattern on Chen Huowei's body, which represented the Ziwu Villa, the number one force in Gushan Town.
The man stood up in a hurry, raised his hands to Guard Chen and said with a smile: "Haha! I am the shopkeeper of Huichun Hall. I wonder what the strong man from Ziwu Villa does to the shop?"
"I'm fine, my young master wants to come over and take a look." Chen Huwei said.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately guessed Luo Chen's identity. Just as he was about to ask, he saw Luo Chen hand over a note: "Shopkeeper, do you have any of these medicinal materials in your shop?"
The shopkeeper took the note, looked at it, and said quickly: "Yes, there are some common medicinal materials on them, which we all have here."
"That's good, then you can get me the medicine according to the medicinal materials above!" Luo Chen said.
"This..." The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this, and his mind was full of doubts. Does Ziyun Villa lack these common medicinal materials? Their own grocery store seems to have these medicinal materials!
Guard Chen was also curious beside him. He didn't know why Luo Chen came here to buy these ordinary medicinal materials, but as a guard, he would not ask. His duty was to protect Luo Chen's safety.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any questions?" Seeing the shopkeeper standing there in a daze, Luo Chen said.
"Oh, no problem, no problem, I'll get the medicine right away." The shopkeeper came to his senses and hurriedly went to get the medicine.
After a while, the shopkeeper came out from behind the counter with a pack of medicinal materials wrapped in oil paper, handed it to Luo Chen and said, "Master Chen, all the medicinal materials you want are here."
"Well, how much money?" Luo Chen took the medicinal materials without opening them to check. In Gushan Town, few people dare to cheat the people of Ziwu Villa.
"30 taels of silver." The shopkeeper didn't dare to ask for more, so he only said the cost price.
Luo Chen took out the silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper, but secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Fortunately, last night, I was afraid that the 15 taels of silver I had saved would not be enough, so I shamelessly got 20 taels of silver from my elder brother, otherwise I wouldn't even have a medicine today.
I can’t even afford it.”
Luo Chen had no money before. Ever since he started practicing martial arts, Wang Yuying had given him 5 taels of silver a month. It took him three months to save 15 taels of silver, but now he only had 5 taels left. He would not be able to buy medicine in the future.
Still needing money, Luo Chen felt a little nervous for a while.
Luo Chen smiled bitterly in his heart and walked out of Huichun Hall. At the door of the store, Luo Chen stuffed the medicinal materials into Chen Huowei's arms and said: "Chen Huowei, please help me put it away and take it back to the villa until I get home."
Give me."
Luo Chen didn't want to hold it himself, fearing that Wang Yuying would see it and question him.
"Yes, young master, I will take care of it." Chen Huwei returned.
After settling the matter of medicinal materials, Luo Chen was ready to leave here and go back to the grocery store.
But as soon as he lifted his feet, an old man in his 50s with a rosy complexion walked over to him, holding a little girl of five or six years old in his hand. Judging from their appearance, they must have gone to the sex hall.
When the two passed by Luo Chen, the little girl looked at Luo Chen curiously with her big eyes open.
Luo Chen looked at the innocent look on the little girl's pink face, and suddenly his childlike innocence grew, and he made a face at the little girl.
The little girl was so frightened that she took two hurried steps, clutching the old man's robe tightly with her little hands, and her face looked like she was about to cry. Luo Chen bared his teeth and chuckled twice, and then walked towards his own grocery store opposite.
Back at the grocery store, Luo Chen saw Li Tian standing at the door.
In fact, since Luo Chen left for Huichun Hall, Li Tian has been standing here looking at Huichun Hall, fearing that Luo Chen would go to play alone or something would happen.