As early as the second day after Yiyu opened, Huajia, King Qi, and King Xuan were paying close attention to the trends of the entire drug store.
They discovered that the strange medicine flowed out of the palace. Except for the first time it was brought out by An Xue, it was later delivered to the store by Wen Susu and mixed with An Xue.
There was no concealment in all this, and they even turned a blind eye to the big purchases made by the three companies.
In other words, as long as the money they give is enough, Yiyu doesn't care how much they buy.
And the facts also prove that they can’t study anything even after buying it.
Not only ordinary doctors, but also Yan Moqing, who prided himself on having excellent medical skills, was also at a loss.
"Is this medicine really so evil that even you, Mo Qing, can't figure it out?"
In the Marquis Anding's Mansion, the eldest princess Feng Lan said with an ugly expression.
She wasn't blaming Yan Moqing, she just didn't want to make things easier for the wild girl who contradicted her, so she desperately hoped that Yan Moqing could find a prescription.
But it's not just them, the Qi King's lineage, the Hua family's lineage, and the neutral faction huddled in the court are all the same...
No one can give a prescription, no one can come up with a magical medicine that can rival it...
So they could only watch the Xiao family amass money, and were even forced to become leeks who gave money to the Xiao family.
The days passed by. In the past few days, the officials of the Xiao family had been noisy and wanted to turn the entire court upside down.
They strongly opposed the DPRK's failure to raise military rations, and scolded the DPRK for being a coward who only knew how to enjoy the blessings in the capital, but did not know the hardships at the border.
At first, everyone just thought they were incompetent and furious. They would not look if they could, and they would not listen if they could not listen.
Anyway, these people are done making trouble, and there is no real harm to them.
And just as they thought, the Xiao family officials seemed to know that this was useless, so they gradually stopped making trouble...
Everyone thought that this incident was over, but a few days later, the group of people started laughing instead of making trouble.
He goes to court happily every day, and then goes home happily, answering whatever others ask him, without any awareness that the Xiao family is about to collapse.
Finally, the officials' eyes turned back to the court from a corner and began to think about the most important question...
What does Xiao Xi want so much money for?
Almost instantly, everyone got the same answer.
Save the Xiao family!
The Xiao family needs military rations, so all the forces in the DPRK and China can raise prices, regardless of the 100,000 cavalry under the Xiao family.
However, Xiao Xiruo's massive accumulation of money was enough to give the Xiao family cavalry the confidence to not be threatened by them.
There is a strange medicine on one side and the Xiao family on the other. It is impossible for them to stop buying because this stuff can save lives...
So they could only settle for the next best thing, leaving the Xiao family unable to buy food even if they had money.
So under pressure from all parties, the cabinet worked out a plan almost as quickly as possible, asking all localities to start raising military rations, and all food sales and purchases were to be given priority by the imperial court.
It is not the harvest season now, so as long as the imperial court has the food from various places in its hands, the Xiao family will not be able to buy food even if they have money.
However, when the cabinet's instructions were issued to various places, asking the wealthy squires in various places to immediately close their warehouses and only sell grain to the court...
Empty.
Most of the granaries are empty.
According to investigations by officials from various places, grains from various places have been bought by people as early as years ago, and the number of buyers has never stopped.
Especially before the cabinet directive was issued, a large amount of predetermined grain was picked up from various places.
It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. Last year there was a snowstorm in southern Xinjiang and it snowed heavily in many places. Needless to say, this year's harvest will be excellent.
Coupled with the cold spring weather in Northern Liang, the imperial court is very likely to forcefully requisition grain at extremely low prices.
Therefore, merchants have been rushing to empty their granaries recently, so that they can not only store the new grain from the harvest, but also make a small profit before the imperial court recruits...
"So? So they couldn't wait to sell the grain to Xiao Xiruo? Just for the price that is slightly higher than the price raised by the imperial court? These are brainless things!"
In Prince Qi's palace, Feng Qi's eyes were red with anxiety, and the two blood blisters in his mouth were painful.
Xie Feng and Li Daoqing on the side had some good talk before persuading the ancestor to sit down and have a sip of herbal tea.
However, before the tea could be drunk, the urgent report from the Ministry of Finance was handed over again.
According to a rough estimate by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the grain purchased was enough to feed the Xiao family's cavalry for more than three months...
Three months?
The discount that the Xiao family handed over before was enough food to last until the end of April, but now? The end of July?
From March to July, Xiao Xiruo might have a hundred ways to raise money to keep the Xiao family going from July to next spring.
Of course, it's not like they can't create obstacles for Xiao Xiruo so that she can't make money.
But after the crisis, could the Xiao family and his son watch them bully Xiao Xiruo?
Obviously, their plan to use military rations to control the Xiao family and make the Xiao family give up the right of iron cavalry completely failed.
And the report sent back to the capital at the end of March also proved that the Xiao family had no intention of giving them face.
As soon as the inspection team arrived in Beiliang, Duke Xiao Jing invited all the members of the inspection team to compete with the Beiliang army on the grounds that the adults in the capital should set an example as border officers.
As if the scene was not chaotic enough, the champion Hou Xiaoyi actually took the lead and said that some generals in the supervisory team wanted to take over Beiliang...
And as the deputy commander of the Xiao family's cavalry, he had to personally learn the opponent's skills no matter what.
"Bastard! Xiao Yi, bastard! How dare he? How dare he!"
In the Shoukang Palace, Queen Mother Hua got angry for an unknown number of times.
However, no one came up to persuade her this time, because not only her, but also Hua Qingsong, Hua Suyi, Jiayue, Haigui... or rather the entire Hua family felt uncomfortable.
Because Hua Yao lost one of his hands to Xiao Yi in that sparring match.
And it's his right hand that holds the sword.
Although the Hua family promptly sent the decoction and ointment they bought, the arm that had been broken into several sections was reattached...
But I don’t know whether it’s because of insufficient medicine or Hua Yao’s psychological reasons, but Hua Yao can’t hold the knife with his right hand...
As a result, Hua Yao, who was originally mediocre in martial arts, now had to use his left hand to hold the sword, and his strength plummeted to less than one-tenth of his original strength.
The Hua family was already weak when it came to generals, so Hua Yao's move was like a slap in the face to Queen Mother Hua, causing her face to burn with pain.
Of course, it was not only the Empress Dowager Hua who was so angry at this moment, but also the lineage of King Qi and King Xuan.
Because Chen Wen, the censor of Zuodu sent by Prince Qi's Mansion, also had a broken leg. Fortunately, his internal strength was quite strong and the fracture was only in one place, so he was completely healed.
Relatively speaking, Luliang, the prince of Andinghou, had superb martial arts and a bright mind.
After experiencing the lessons of Hua Yao and Chen Wen, he chose to defend honestly and survived a round in Xiao Yi's hands.
Therefore, although he was beaten with bruises all over his body and could not get out of bed for seven days, he was the first one in the entire supervisory team to return to the capital intact.
In response to this, Xiao Yi felt aggrieved and wrote a page of letter to his sister, deeply repenting of his major sin of underestimating the enemy and failing to focus on the key points.