Ning Wan raised her eyebrows and asked calmly: "These are the most common medicinal materials. Does a pharmacy as big as yours not even have these?"
The clerk nodded and said with some embarrassment: "What the guest said is true. These medicinal materials were indeed abundant before, but I don't know what happened recently. It is very difficult to buy these medicines, and the price is also very high. Let's forget it.
If you can come in, I’m afraid no one can afford it!”
Ning Wan frowned. There was such a thing. Could it be that someone deliberately monopolized the medicinal materials market and then raised the price maliciously?
But these medicinal materials are not valuable at all. If we want to monopolize them, we should also monopolize those that are valuable!
Thinking of this, Ning Wan looked at the waiter and said, "Can I meet the boss of your pharmacy?"
The waiter nodded, without thinking too much, and took the two of them to the back hall. The owner of the drug store, whose surname was Li, was a well-known doctor here and was treating patients at the moment.
Ning Wan looked over and saw a few ragged common people, but this Doctor Li was very amiable. He seemed to be in his sixties, and he always had a smile on his face when he spoke.
"You have been suffering from gastrointestinal problems for many years, why haven't you changed it? I told you not to eat cold food, but you just can't control your mouth!" Mr. Li finished speaking, and the patient opposite him was still a little embarrassed.
"Doctor Li, it's not like you don't know that those of us who run in the mountains all day are not so particular. We naturally eat whatever we encounter! There are so many jackals on the mountain, so it would be nice to have a bite to eat!"
These are all hunters who spend many months in the mountains. They cannot hunt the prey in the royal hunting grounds, so they can only catch some things from the edges and sell them in exchange for some food.
He is also a frequent visitor to the drug store, because he often gets injured, and some people even die because of it. But for these people who have no land and no skills, this is the only way they can make a living.
"Didn't you all go to the mountains to collect medicine before? Why has no one come to deliver medicine recently?"
Speaking of this matter, several hunters who ran into the mountains became angry.
"Doctor Li, we common people have no way to survive now. We used to be able to go to the mountains to collect herbs, but now, the entire mountain is surrounded. Even if it is not within the scope of the royal hunting ground, there are soldiers guarding it. No one is allowed to go there at all.
Get up!"
Ning Wan raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why don't you let me go up? This mountain doesn't belong to anyone?"
Ning Wan came out a little unexpectedly, which shocked everyone present. Ning Wan looked at Dr. Li, and bowed respectfully: "I've seen you, sir. I was here to buy medicine, but I didn't expect to travel all over the city."
I can’t buy a few medicinal materials, so I want to ask Dr. Li for advice!”
Doctor Li looked at Ning Wan and said with a smile: "What your guest wants, are some herbs that can clear away heat and detoxify?"
Ning Wan nodded and said: "There is a patient at home, please continue to use these medicinal materials to save lives, and ask Dr. Li to give him some advice on how to survive!"
I learned that there were patients in Ning Wan's family who were saving lives, and they were all doctors, so there was no reason to refuse to save them even if they were dying.
Doctor Li sighed and said helplessly: "Master, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that I can't help you! Now, in Wanping City, all the medicinal materials that clear away heat and detoxify are controlled by the government. If we want to use them, we must
Go to the government to buy medicine, but those medicinal materials are extremely expensive. Medicinal materials that used to cost a penny a penny now cost one tael a penny. Even if you get this medicine, no one can afford it!"
Do you need to go to the government to buy medicine? Ning Wan frowned, there are still people in this world who dare to do business in the government?
"Yan's law states that officials are not allowed to do business. They are so bold. Aren't they afraid of being investigated?"
Doctor Li looked at Ning Wan and probably felt that her words were really naive.
"Young master, I don't know. The magistrate of Wanping City has a lot of background. Not to mention that the superiors dare not come to investigate. Even if the emperor comes, I'm afraid they will give him some thin noodles!"
Ning Wan raised his eyebrows, he was so famous, and asked: "Who is he with such a great style?"
"This man's surname is Xia. He is the brother of the current queen and the uncle of the current dynasty. Because something happened, he was demoted here and became the prefect. Tell me, who dares to speak to him in Wanping City?
Say a word no?"
Ning Wan didn't expect that he turned out to be Xia Wanjun's father? Ever since Princess Pingfeng killed Princess Minghua, the Xia family had been driven out of the capital. She thought that all these people must have been sent to the border, but she didn't expect
, this Master Xia was able to become the prefect of Wanping City quietly.
"If I have a way to go to the hunting ground, can you guys help me collect medicine?" Ning Wan looked at the hunters, who all looked a little surprised.
"Who are you? That's a royal hunting ground. How could you get in?"
Ning Wan did not answer, but took out a few banknotes from Bai Shu's hand.
"I need four people, each with a salary of fifty taels. They only need to collect herbs. You don't have to do anything else!"
This is undoubtedly a huge temptation. These people have been busy for half their lives, and they may not be able to earn so much money. But the money comes too fast, which naturally makes it more dangerous.
"Unless you tell us your identity, we don't want any more money!" One of the middle-aged men looked at Ning Wan and said cautiously.