Chapter 84: Xingren Hall Stealing Master

The leadership of the workshop consists of one main figure and two deputies. The main figure is Senior Brother Lu Qiang, who is in charge of the overall situation, and the two deputies are both senior apprentices of Jinli.

Xu Ying was one of them, and the other was born in a farming family outside the city and was a die-hard supporter of Zhong Shaoying.

This arrangement serves the purpose of checks and balances, with the two camps not dealing with each other, thus eliminating the possibility of collusion.

The two groups each control half of the medicine refining process. If their relationship is as close as honey, the eldest brother will be unable to sleep.

After Zhou You joined the workshop, he started to follow Zhong Shaoying.

In the first few days, Xu Ying taught him how to prepare medicinal materials step by step without keeping anything to himself.

Zhou You learned quickly, was nimble and quick, and made rapid progress, which earned him a lot of praise from Xu Ying.

How could it not be fast? Spend a lot of experience points to upgrade and strengthen.

After three to five days, Zhou You gained an additional skill called "Alchemy", and its level was upgraded to level 4.

He was thinking about getting some medicinal herbs to practice with, when one day Xu Ying called him out for some work.

"Go to Xingren Hall to purchase a batch of raw materials."

In addition to being used for practicing martial arts, tiger bone paste also has excellent therapeutic effects on trauma and is one of the important items in martial arts schools.

Therefore, daily consumption is huge and the inventory of raw materials has hit bottom recently.

Zhou You followed Xu Ying to visit Xingren Hall to discuss the purchase of medicinal materials.

Xingren Hall, Hua Youxing is at home today. He has just seen a few patients and is weighing some Poria cocos tablets.

"Hua Shaodong, I'm here to order medicinal materials again."

When Hua Youxing saw Xu Ying, she smiled politely and said, "Serve the tea."

Xu Ying introduced Zhou You to him, "My junior fellow apprentice Zhou You, you must come often in the future."

"Oh, young talent."

"I heard that there are two young talents from your martial arts school who returned victorious after wiping out a group of bandits in the outer mountains."

Hua Youxing asked softly, "Among them there is a Zhou You, is he the same name as you or..."

"Hua Shaodong, this Junior Brother Zhou is one of the two heroes who wiped out those bandits!"

Jianxiong Martial Arts School also had channels to create momentum, and promoted Zhou You and his companions' destruction of the hunters as the killing of bandits.

That group of hunters was not well-known, so the publicity effect did not go beyond the circle.

Ordinary people like to exaggerate when listening to stories. They often kill tens of thousands of people, while just over 100 people are just a small-scale fight.

Only insiders know that what Zhou You and Li Hao did was not a small thing.

"Great!"

Hua Youxing smiled lightly and said politely, "Have some tea!"

Xu Ying came here to purchase goods. He directly gave the purchase order, agreed on the specific price, and calculated the amount of payment for this batch of medicinal materials.

He immediately stood up, said goodbye, and went back to the martial arts hall.

Zhou You found an excuse to stay and do his own thing.

"I'm buying 20 jars of tiger bone wine this time."

20 jars of tiger bone wine, totaling 100 taels of silver.

Hua Youxing was surprised and asked, "Why would it take so much?"

“Purchasing on behalf of others.”

Zhou You’s words were concise and to the point, and just two simple words dispelled the other party’s doubts.

After the deal of 100 taels was finalized, Hua Youxing was in a good mood and became much more enthusiastic towards Zhou You.

"By the way, I have a list here that lists some medicinal materials and their quantities."

This list contains more than 20 kinds of medicinal materials, of which only % are the materials for the Heart Protecting Pill, and the rest are just for confusing purposes.

He dared to show it to the other party, so he was not afraid of leaking the secret.

as predicted……

Hua Youxing looked at the herbs on the list and shook her head. There were too many different herbs and with her medical skills, she couldn't figure out what they were used for.

Especially since there are three kinds of snake venom, each with different toxicity, if mixed together, it might kill people. "Excuse me, these herbs are not difficult to collect, and the price is not expensive, but I don't know what you are going to use them for?"

Zhou You exhaled, "I bought it for someone else."

Ok?
Hua Youxing looked Zhou You up and down. She believed that as an apprentice of a martial arts school, it was impossible for him to come up with such a large sum of money even if he had the strength level.

The 20 jars of tiger bone wine cost a total of 100 taels, and the medicinal materials on the list added up to a discounted value of more than 1500 taels.

The total cost of this purchase would be at least 2 or 3000 taels.

"All medicines are poisonous. It's not easy to blend these herbs, especially the snake venom. The slightest mistake can be fatal."

Hua Youxing's nose twitched and she smiled.

She smelled a faint scent of medicinal herbs from Zhou You, and putting cause and effect together, everything made sense.

Zhou You followed Xu Ying to make purchases. Apparently, he was working in the pharmaceutical workshop of the martial arts hall and met a fellow disciple there.

That fellow disciple was not in a position to come forward, so he entrusted him to purchase tiger bone wine and medicinal materials on his behalf.

The workshop is where the martial arts school makes its own secret medicines, so there must be apprentices doing private work to earn some extra money.

That being the case...

"There are stocks in the Tiger Bone Hotel, and you can take them away on this trip."

"Most of the herbs on the list are available, but there are a few that are in short supply and will take some time to stockpile."

Hua Youxing attached great importance to this business, after all, it was a big business worth 2 or 300 taels.

Xingren Tang has a turnover of hundreds of thousands of taels every year, but when it comes to each transaction, businesses of similar size make less than one-tenth of that.

Every time you make a business deal, you prove your ability and can inherit the Xingrentang brand.

She was a strong-willed woman. While other girls were preparing perfumes and grinding creams, she was busy learning medical skills and helping her father manage the affairs inside and outside the pharmacy.

My father, Doctor Hua, has no son. Even though he is the most outstanding person in the family, he is cursed behind his back as "having no descendants".

Relatives always said that "marrying a daughter is like pouring water", and they had been urging Dr. Hua to "adopt" her as their heir since she was a child.

Hua Youxing is ambitious. She wants to protect her father's family business. Even if she wants to marry a son-in-law, she cannot give Xingren Hall to a distant relative.

Whether in medical skills or business, she is no worse than men.

"Okay, it's settled."

Zhou You pointed at Du He and said, "I didn't bring any money with me today. Come back with me later to get some silver."

The payment for goods amounted to more than 2000 taels, weighing several hundred kilograms, and it was impossible to carry it around on one's back.

Hua Youxing was also straightforward, "We are all regular customers, please take the tiger bone wine back first."

After finalizing the deal, the two chatted for a while, and Zhou You suggested visiting the pharmacy.

Hua Youxing agreed readily.

"Xingren Tang is a time-honored brand, with solid raw materials and careful preparation. It is the only one of its kind in Gongliang City."

Hua Youxing introduced her own pharmacy with full pride and honor.

The warehouse for storing medicinal materials, the neat rows of medicine cabinets, and the guys processing medicinal materials on the assembly line. "Experience value -60, making medicine v4→5."

Zhou You took a special look at the assembly line for preparing medicines and took advantage of it.

He was not allowed to see the real secret medicine, and the ones on display were just daily medicines for headaches and fevers.

Even so, Zhou You benefited a lot from the pharmacy clerk's techniques and improved his skills by one level.

"Junior Brother Zhou, are you interested in Doctor Hua's daughter?"

After returning to the martial arts hall, Xu Ying suddenly asked this question, seeming very curious about why he wanted to stay in Xingren Hall.

Zhou You shuddered and shook his head, "No!"

"You've been with her for so long, and you talked a lot, right?"

Xu Ying encouraged him enthusiastically, "If you are really capable of being with her, you are destined to be rich even if you are asked to be her son-in-law."

"With my family situation, it is impossible for me to have a son-in-law."

Zhou You said firmly.

(End of this chapter)

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