The young apprentice hurried to the backyard study, knocking on the door and shouting.
Squeak!
The door to the study room opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a scarf hat poked his head out.
"What recipe?"
The young apprentice reported in a leisurely manner: "Adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum, raw licorice, winter mulberry leaves, Ophiopogon japonicus, raw lentils, pollen."
Liang Ji, the owner of Liangji Pharmacy, frowned slightly. This was indeed the first time he had heard of this prescription.
'Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus are the king; Polygonatum odoratum and pollen are the ministers. The combination of the two drugs can strengthen the power of the king to nourish yin, promote fluid, clear away heat and moisturize dryness; at the same time, winter mulberry leaves are used to nourish yin and moisturize dryness; gastric juice is consumed, the spleen
The transportation and transformation of the body will be affected, so use raw lentils to strengthen the spleen and stomach and help the transportation and transformation.'
"Mainly composed of sweet-cold and yin-nourishing herbs, combined with pungent, cool, moisturizing and sweet-peening earth-building herbs. The whole prescription has mild properties, clearing but not cold, moistening but not sluggish, and has a great effect of clearing and nourishing the lungs and stomach. It is truly a royal recipe."
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"Where is that person?"
The young apprentice pointed outside: "It's in the lobby outside. I came here to get some medicine."
Liang Zi glanced at the young apprentice with admiration and nodded with satisfaction. The Liang family has been practicing medicine for generations, and his generation is already the fifth. He has no other hobbies except collecting various prescriptions.
Having been obsessed with medicine for decades, he never misses any opportunity to collect new prescriptions.
Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized the importance of the emperor, his ministers, and his assistants. The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic says: One hundred and twenty kinds of medicines are for the king, and are mainly responsible for nourishing life; one hundred and twenty kinds of traditional Chinese medicine are for ministers, and they are mainly for nourishing the nature; one hundred and twenty kinds of traditional Chinese medicines are for assistants, and they are mainly for treating diseases;
Must cooperate with the monarch, ministers and envoys.
This prescription is deeply known among the three flavors. The person who prescribes this medicine must be a master of medicine. If he can find the master behind it and get the guidance of the master, he will definitely be able to reach a higher level in medicine.
"Zhong Bai, you go get the medicine first. I will personally pick up the boy later."
Zhong Bai nodded and took the medicine with a satisfied look on his face. He knew that his boss would definitely reward him after this time.
After a while, Liang Zi walked up to Li Jie with a smile and held the medicinal materials in his hand, and asked tentatively.
"My dear officer, the medicine is ready. Do you want to confirm it?"
The purpose of Liang Ji's question was to test whether Li Jie knew medicinal materials and medical science. You must know that in the context of the times, the channels for disseminating knowledge were very limited, and they were basically passed on by word of mouth. If this
If a young man understands medicine, the chances of finding the person behind him are obviously much greater.
In order to avoid unnecessary complications and not reveal the fact that he was proficient in medical science, Li Jie shook his head slightly.
"Old man, I don't know much about this, but I believe your pharmacy won't lie to me."
When Liang Zi heard this, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He knew that the chance of finding this expert was probably slim, but he still had no intention of giving up. He hesitated for a while and asked.
"Thank you for your trust. Can I ask who is the person who wrote this prescription?"
Li Jie deliberately looked like he was thinking hard, then scratched his head.
"My husband, I'm sorry, I don't know that person either. The old man left after filling out the prescription. I don't know his specific name either."
Although Liang Zi had been prepared in his heart, he still felt angry and deeply disappointed when he heard this answer. However, he had encountered this kind of thing too many times in his life, so he calmed down his emotions in the blink of an eye. After all, this time was not the case.
There is no gain at all. Isn’t this recipe just a gain?
"Little official, do you still have this recipe? Can you show me to me?"
"Of course, don't worry, I won't let it go in vain. As long as you tell me the prescription, not only will the money you paid for the medicine be paid back in full, but I will also personally compensate you a sum of money?"
"Look, how does it go?"
Li Jie smiled slightly. Through the various previous performances of the man in front of him, he had actually guessed what this man wanted to say. It was just a prescription. It was not a precious thing to him. There was no harm in telling this man. What's more?
There is also extra income, no matter how much or how little, for a person like him who is just starting out, it is like giving timely help.
Since the other person is interested, Li Jie will naturally not refuse. When he is able to protect himself, he will not mind helping this person.
"Okay, okay, I'll report it to my husband right now."
"Three fen of adenophora, two fen of polygonatum, one fen of raw licorice, one fen of winter mulberry leaves, three fen of Ophiopogon japonicus, one fen of raw lentils, one fen of pollen, then boil three bowls of water into one bowl of water.
That’s it.”
Liang Zi stroked his beard and nodded from time to time while listening. Although with his medical skills, he could test the specific amount after several attempts, but that would take too long. Instead of doing this, it would be better to spend a sum of money to buy it. After listening to Li
He couldn't help but praise the excellent recipe.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
After saying that, he first handed the medicinal materials wrapped in oil paper to Li Jie's hand, and then took out a silver coin from his arms, no more, no less, exactly five taels, which meant that Li Jie not only succeeded in prostitution for free this time, but also
I also made an extra two taels of silver.
Although the currency value of Huizi is getting lower and lower, the purchasing power of silver has always been strong. These two taels of silver can buy almost one stone (one stone in the Song Dynasty was about 59.2 kilograms) of rice, which is enough for the mother and son to eat for half a month. This is still
The price of rice increased due to the war to destroy gold. Otherwise, we could have bought a few more buckets.
Li Jie took the money and whispered a thank you, and then left Liangji Pharmacy. Now he had more than seven taels of silver with him. After excluding the necessary expenses for food and drink, he could still have five taels left. These five taels were his
of start-up capital.
This has exceeded his expectations. The start-up capital he originally reserved was only one or two half.
The business he planned to do was sugar production.
As we all know, sugar was definitely a valuable item in ancient times, and high-quality white sugar was even called a top luxury accessory. The value of white sugar is almost equal to the same weight of silver. One tael of silver and one tael of white sugar are not uncommon.
The reason for this is that the yield of white sugar is extremely low. Due to technological reasons, most of the sugar circulating on the market at this time is dark brown. The sugar that ordinary people eat is more of maltose (maltose), which is really as white as snow.
Salt and white sugar were almost always brought to the palace as tribute.
This phenomenon was not until the publication of "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century that the yellow mud water decolorization method became popular on a large scale.
The white sugar processing technology of decolorizing brown sugar using yellow mud water leaching decolorization method is described in detail. However, this method has not yet come out, or has not been discovered and utilized.
Tiangong Kaiwu is really a wonderful book. Many of the methods recorded in it can make a lot of money in this era, such as salt production, textiles, dyeing, wine making, paper making, etc. The key is that the methods recorded in it can be almost seamlessly connected to