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This fat guy is really not bragging.
A fake medicine formula has made this fat guy rich.
Chen Mu glanced at Shang Huan. This fat guy is a bit cocky...
"I heard that a genius appeared this year. He broke through the induction in the dojo, cultivated spiritual light, and was directly admitted to the upper house." Shang Huan said with envy: "I wish I could be like this."
"This is impossible even in dreams." Old Hao rolled his eyes: "There are thousands of disciples in the lower academy, how many people are like Mo Wuzhou?"
"Do you know him?" Shang Huan asked in surprise.
"Do you think I've been in the House of Commons for nothing these past few decades?" Old Hao looked proud.
"Mo Wuzhou?" Chen Mu became interested.
Breakthrough in the dojo and enter the upper house directly?
"Brother Mo is a hard-working and honest man. He can grow yellow sprout rice, several kinds of medicinal herbs, prepare medicinal wine, and cut up exotic beasts."
"Now that I think about it, he is indeed a genius. He knows so many things at such a young age. He deserves to make money."
"Coupled with his outstanding talent, it is only natural that he will be able to break through the induction."
"It is said that he will become a disciple of Master Yuan Rong from the upper academy. His future prospects, both financially and professionally, are immeasurable."
There was envy in Mr. Hao's tone, but not much jealousy.
Chen Mu looked at the old man in surprise.
It seems that this Mr. Mo is indeed a capable person.
but……
"If you practice induction, you can go straight to the upper house?"
"That's not possible." Old Hao shook his head: "But you can still enter the lower house."
Chen Mu understood
The real disciples of the lower house can practice full-time.
They are called disciples of the lower house, but in reality they are at most workers of the lower house.
……
"Sir, please keep these twenty-two white jades." Inside the Yupinxuan, a fair-faced middle-aged man handed Chen Mu a black cloth bag with gold thread.
Twenty bottles of Tranquilizing Pills for twenty-two white jades?
"Is that too much?" Chen Mu looked at the middle-aged man warily.
"Don't you know, customer?" The middle-aged man looked at Chen Mu in surprise: "The price of the nightshade has increased."
“I heard that there’s an outbreak of armyworm pests, and production is decreasing in many places. So…” The pale-faced middle-aged man shrugged.
Chen Mu couldn't help but frown.
The increase in raw material prices is not a good thing.
After leaving Yupinxuan, he went to several herbal medicine shops in succession.
“The price has really gone up.”
Chen Mu had no intention of watching the strange man's performance.
After buying a batch of nightshade grass, I hurriedly left the boat.
……
At night, in the courtyard of the low mountain.
Chen Mu held a palm-wide yellow leaf in both hands and rubbed it continuously.
He stared at the fine powder on the sieve, but his expression did not look good.
"In the past, one pound cost two white jade coins, but now it costs four. It has doubled."
Short-term shortages can also be offset by raising the price of Dingshen Pills to shift costs.
If there is a long-term shortage of materials and prices soar, sales will be greatly affected.
"Hoarding goods? Making a profit from the price difference?" Chen Mu was very excited, but he finally shook his head.
"It's OK if it's a small amount, but if it's a large amount, it's easy to be targeted."
"I don't know if the ten kilograms I stockpiled are enough."
"Let's go to the underground market tomorrow night and buy some if the price is right."
……
The next day, after dinner, Chen Mu changed his appearance, put on an animal head mask, and came to the underground market early.
But he searched all over the underground market and couldn't find a stall selling nightshade.
"Is there anyone buying up goods in large quantities and hoarding them?" Chen Mu frowned slightly.
He didn't look for it anymore, passing by the increasing number of vendors selling the supposed divine pills.
Chen Mu began to purchase other ingredients for the Tranquility Pills.
I found that although the price increase was not much, these materials were also increasing in price.
"Something is wrong."
……
Three days later, in the courtyard on the low mountain.
Chen Mu prepared a large table of food early.
Mr. Hao and Shang Huan arrived as promised.
"Brother Chen's cooking skills are really amazing!" Shang Huan's face, which had just recovered from the swelling, was full of surprise: "The food in Tianhe Shuifu Bazhenlou is just like this!"
"Now you believe it, right?" Mr. Hao was very proud.
"I just want to satisfy my appetite. It has no benefit to my cultivation and is not worth mentioning." Chen Mu said happily.
"That's not necessarily true." Shang Huan shook his head.
"It's a pity you can't leave the House of Commons."
"Otherwise, you can go and be a cook for Bazhenlou. The pay is much better than growing yellow sprout rice."
Chen Mu smiled and said nothing.
"Brother Chen, if there's anything you don't understand, just ask." Mr. Hao puffed on his cigarette with an expression that said, "I see through you."
Chen Mu scratched his head: "Isn't it that the price of the tranquilizing pills has increased?"
"So you want to buy our tranquilizing pills?!" Shang Huan was overjoyed.
roll!
I was the one who gave you that fake pill!
"No, I bought a little more from Baicao Pavilion. I was worried that something might go wrong, so I wanted to find out the reason." Chen Mu scratched his head and smiled foolishly.
Shang Huan immediately looked disappointed: "How much did you buy?"
"Six bottles." Chen Mu smiled.
"Sure." Mr. Hao smiled and said, "But you'd better buy a few more bottles."
Chen Mu couldn't help but squint his eyes, it seemed that something was really wrong.
"It is said that the strange beasts are restless, and some of them have escaped and attacked the lower house."
"Most of the Bingchen District has been destroyed, and all kinds of medicinal materials are in short supply."
"There's also an insect infestation nearby, and imported herbs are extremely expensive."
"So..." Mr. Hao shrugged with a smile.
"I estimate that the price will not come down throughout the whole year." Shang Huan looked at Hao Lao excitedly and said, "The higher the price, the more money we can make!"
If I can't make the pills, you can make a shitload of money!
Chen Mu glanced at the fat man and said nothing.
The strange beasts are getting restless? Attacking the medicinal fields in the lower house?
If the shortage of medicinal materials continues for a year, it will have a huge impact on him.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 220 Try
"I heard that the chef at Bazhenlou can make vegetarian dishes taste like meat. Is he really that skilled?" Shang Huan asked.
"It can be done." Chen Mu nodded.
“All it takes is the right seasoning and enough cooking skills.”
Chen Mu can do it himself.
"These chefs are really amazing. They can change the taste of ingredients at will." Shang Huan looked amazed.
The three of them chatted while eating.
After a while, they started talking about strange beasts invading the medicinal fields and the rising prices of medicinal materials.
"I would have stocked up earlier." Shang Huan was annoyed: "The prices of some key medicinal materials have at least doubled!"
What a great opportunity to make money.
"The lower house is not stupid either. Baicao Pavilion reacts much faster than you." Old Hao puffed on his cigarette.
Chen Mu understood. No wonder the underground market no longer had any nightshade grass.
"Is it easy to grow medicinal herbs?" Chen Mu asked quietly.
The medicine that can be grown in the Lower House is different from ordinary secular medicine, just like yellow sprout rice, which cannot survive outside.
"Anyway, our land is not suitable." Old Hao shook his head.