Wang Chengen thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this medicine is most likely profitable, so Dingyuan Marquis asked the court to sell this medicinal material exclusively."
Chongzhen was short of money all the time. Since this thing can make money, he was quite tempted. However, he was a little hesitant and worried that if he monopolized medicinal materials, he would be scolded by the history books of later generations. So he was very entangled.
"It can indeed make some money for the internal treasury, but it's not impossible. It's just that the royal family has a monopoly on medicinal materials, which doesn't sound good. After all, medicinal materials are no better than others. This thing is used to cure diseases and save lives."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Dragon bone is either a widely used medicinal material or an ordinary unpopular medicinal material, and it is not used much. It is mainly used to treat insomnia. It is not a life-saving medicine. In fact, it does not matter whether it is unified under the management of the imperial court." Wang Chengen
Obviously, when I received the memorial, I had already done my homework and understood it relatively clearly.
Keel is available in every drug store, but there are not many of it, and it is rarely used.
"Okay then, you can leave this matter to the queen. Pay special attention to the servants below. Don't bully others and trade fairly." Chongzhen then relaxed.
The imperial court was very efficient in issuing decrees. The new decree was prepared that night and would be announced the next day.
Manager Zhao Fu went to the Forbidden City that afternoon and asked to see the empress. He said that the Yang family was only responsible for pharmaceuticals and sales would be left to the royal monopoly.
This medicine is specially formulated for bruises and injuries. The Queen naturally knows its value.
Now the Ming Dynasty has entered a chaotic war mode. From then on, the wars will continue unabated. Various armed fights among the people for water and land also continue to occur. There must be a very strong demand for medicines to treat bruises and bruises.
What Yang Fan came up with was "Qili Powder". Yang Fan set up a Chinese patent medicine factory in Xincheng to produce Qili Powder, and then handed it over to the royal family for exclusive sale. The profit was divided half and half. In fact, this medicine did not contain dragon bone. Yang Fan just found a
The reason is to monopolize the keel.
The recipe is unknown outside and cannot be copied.
After collecting a large number of dragon bones, carefully identify them and pick out the ones with characters. Store the ones without characters separately and can still be used as medicinal materials. In modern times, the price of traditional Chinese medicine dragon bones is generally 500-3,000 yuan per pound. It is not a particularly expensive traditional Chinese medicine.
material.
The earliest prototype of Qilisan appeared in the Song Dynasty, and it was not until the second year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty that the optimal formula was achieved. It has been fixed since then. As soon as Yang Fan’s ultimate formula came out, all other bruises and bruises medicines on the market were outclassed. It will definitely be a big seller.
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Starting from the next day, soldiers and horses from the five cities went to the streets and began to search the dragon bones in various drug stores and bought them all according to the market price. They first stored them in the stolen goods treasury in the imperial city, and then handed them over to Yang Fan after the slaves in the capital retreated.
The imperial edict was also sent to the two capitals and eighteen provinces, and the entire Ming Dynasty began to collect dragon bones.
This thing is not very valuable, it is a cheap medicinal material, and various medical clinics and pharmacies do not need to boycott it. Moreover, they do not use it much, so they basically cooperate with the officials and hand over the dragon bones.
The yamen of prefectures and counties in various places are also happy to do this. They can use their hands to gain personal benefits. If they can gather enough to pack a batch and transport it to the capital, they can also spend money to make money.
In fact, they are not indolent or lazy in government. The prerequisite is that there must be benefits. As long as you can get money, they will be as efficient as chicken blood.
Marquis Dingyuan paid for these keels on the spot when he received them, and the money and goods were cleared. Then the court settled the accounts with the local government. They may not necessarily pay the full amount after checking. Moreover, public funds can be used for transportation.
Yang Fan estimated that this wave of rescue operations could at least save a large number of cow bones and turtle bones engraved with oracle bone inscriptions, adding more original carriers for the oracle bone inscriptions.
While the city was purchasing dragon bones on a large scale, the fighting outside the city was also fierce.
Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners with a force of 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and moved and fought around the imperial capital. The Mongols, using Taiji as a unit, spread out with their own troops and plundered rural areas and towns.
As for the Han Army Flag, there were originally more than 40,000 people, but now they have been used as cannon fodder in several tough battles. Now the Han Army Flag has basically been beaten and disabled.
The Han Banner still had 10,000 firearms troops and 8,000 infantry troops. They had basically lost their combat capability. Now Huang Taiji simply let them watch the main camp.
After sweeping the surroundings and seeing that there was no fat on all sides, Huang Taiji decided to destroy Nanyuan, the largest stronghold of the imperial capital outside the city wall.
More than 70,000 remnants of the three generals outside the Pass lived here. During this period, they repaired for more than a month. But the situation soon continued to deteriorate. Chongzhen's personal expedition failed, and the Beijing camp was defeated. The 60,000 remnants of the Beijing camp fled.
Returned to the imperial capital city.
Immediately afterwards, the Qing army inexplicably sneaked through the natural dangers of Jizhou, and 200,000 people captured Sanhe County along the way, bypassing Tongzhou and reaching the capital city. Outside Guangqu Gate, there were companies of slaves everywhere.
Heiyunlong and others relied on the walls of Nanyuan to repulse the attacks of Jiannu and Mongols many times. However, Heiyunlong did not dare to go out of the city to fight. One was that there were not many cavalry. The second was that these soldiers and horses were against Jiannu.
The slave has become frightened and goes out to fight in the field. In all likelihood, the whole army will be defeated.
Huang Taiji soon discovered the importance of Nanyuan. It was an important water transport terminal in the capital. And he heard that there were a lot of military supplies in Nanyuan. This made the Eight Banners very jealous.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty's armors and weapons have surpassed those of the Qing Dynasty because the materials have become better and better. They are very envious of the updated equipment of their opponents.
On the 27th, the Jiannu army began to gather the troops of various banners and marched towards Nanyuan.
Hei Yunlong saw the overwhelming attack of Jiannu on the gate tower and was very anxious. He knew that no reinforcements would come to save him. Now all the reinforcements were beaten to the point of being frightened. They were huddled in the surrounding counties and did not dare to come out.
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The most powerful one is the Guan Ning Army stationed outside Desheng Gate. Now Guan Ning Army has successively brought in many infantry. There are now 10,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 infantry. The total strength is more than 40,000.
But ever since Heiyunlong heard that Jian Nu had sneaked into the Jimen natural barrier at night, he no longer had any expectations for Yuan Chonghuan.
Around ten o'clock in the morning, Jiannu began to attack Nanyuan.
The walls of Nanyuan were all built in the early Ming Dynasty. They were in disrepair for a long time and many places collapsed. When Yang Fan was training the Beijing camp in Nanyuan, he made large-scale repairs. However, Nanyuan was too big, so he only filled up the gaps in the outer wall.
A military camp and a school field were added inside.
The outer wall is a stone wall similar to the tiger skin stone wall of the Old Summer Palace. It is more than three meters high and one meter thick. It is made of bluestone and clay. The inside of the stone wall is a rammed earth wall. It is equal to a layer of one foot on the outside.
Stone wall reinforcement.
Outside the walls of Nanyuan, the moat has long been blocked and collapsed. There is no farming or fish farming in Nanyuan, so it is basically deserted.
There is only a group of people responsible for guarding and maintenance, called Haihu, who live here. The place where they live is called Haihu Tun. The Nanyuan wall is 160 miles long (some say 120 miles). With such a large area, these seven
Thousands of people really can't hold on.
In the past, it was possible to repulse Jian Nu's many attacks because they were all small attacks at the Jia La level. Now looking at Huang Taiji's yellow umbrella cover, Hei Yunlong felt dizzy.