Chapter 426: Visiting Zhongjiazhai(1/2)
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The dignified spiritual medicine family forced them to give up their talents and learn things that they do not belong to them, in order to preserve the family. Can this be said to be a misfortune of this family, or did this family never expect to encounter such a situation from the beginning?
"Brother Zhong Ming, are you awake?" Suddenly, a surprise shout brought everyone back to reality from an awkward atmosphere.
"Axiu, am I dead?" The young man who woke up was named Zhong Ming. He was a very good up-and-coming artist in the Zhong family. For the sake of the family's survival, he resolutely gave up his talent and turned to practicing martial arts. This time he was trained by him and Zhong Yu, so he was injured the most. However, he had a good foundation and absorbed the fastest life-extending golden elixir, so he woke up earlier than the slightly injured Zhong Lin!
"Brother Zhong Ming, you are not dead, we are saved!" Zhong Xiu said happily with tears flowing.
"Really, I'm not dead?" Zhong Ming didn't believe he was still alive. With Zhong Xiu's help, he sat up and saw Zhong Yu, Xiao Han and others, as well as the surrounding environment, and was sure that they were still alive.
Especially when Zhong Ming saw the dense robber corpses like ice sculptures around him, he was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak!
These are more than a hundred robbers, not more than a hundred pig beasts, but they were killed by the young men and women in front of them. It was still such a strange way of death. Could it be that they are all masters?
"Big brother, I don't know your name yet?" Xiao Zhongling seemed to be extremely close to Xiao Han.
"Little Zhongling, we have met, have you forgotten, in Hengshan Town?" Xiao Han saw Zhong Yu, and remembered the scene when he met Zhong Yu in Hengshan Town. The little girl of Zhong Ling and Zhong Yuan were by her at that time, but they just met in a hurry, and Zhong Ling and Zhong Yuan did not recognize him!
"Oh, I remember, you are that big brother?" Xiao Zhongling remembered and exclaimed, "Sister Zhong Yu has been unhappy for several days after seeing you!"
"Xiao Lingzi, what are you talking about?" Zhong Yu quickly shouted. This girl is smart and adorable, but there is one thing that is, she is straightforward and dares to say anything outside!
"Big brother, have you bullied my sister Zhong Yu?" Xiao Zhongling relied on the outsider's presence. Zhong Yu did not dare to scold her loudly and asked curiously.
The word "bullying" fell into Wei Ziting's ears but it was not its original meaning. Especially Wei Ziting, glared at Xiao Han fiercely. Can a woman be bullied by a man have other meanings?
The little girl's mouth was unrestrained. Xiao Han couldn't wash it even if he jumped into Fengmahu. Even Zhong Yu was so angry that he was so angry that he forgot to scold this little girl who was unrestrained.
However, Wei Ziting and Ning Xiner are both experienced people. Of course, they saw that Zhong Yu was still in a perfect state, so although they were unhappy when they heard it, they still knew that Xiao Han would not be flirting with women outside with them on their backs.
"Xiao Zhongling, you are pretty good. The eldest brother's surname is Xiao and his name is Xiao Han." Xiao Han explained with a smile.
Then he introduced his identity to Wei Ziting and Ning Xiner and his daughters one by one. He could conceal his identities from outsiders, but there was no need to be someone like Zhong Yu who already knew him. Moreover, there was a family of spiritual medicine behind Zhong Yu. Wei Ziting knew the family of spiritual medicine, so it was unreasonable to deceive his own people like this.
When Zhong Yu and three little girls heard that two talented people from the Cangmang Continent were right in front of them, their eyes were even bigger than copper bells!
Zhong Yu still wants to, at least he has been walking outside for many years, and has never seen any world. It is the first time that the three girls Zhong Ling have seen celebrities, especially these three little girls, who are even a star-chasing clan, especially admire Ning Xiner. The three little girls don’t know any idols, but in their hearts, their respect for Ning Xiner and Bingyun can be seen from the passion in their eyes.
On the contrary, Leng Yue and Hua Ming were unknown. Of course, this was in the hearts of the three little girls including Zhong Ling. Zhong Yu did know Leng Yue. In the past few light strokes, hundreds of powerful robbers were taken away in the blink of an eye. This was not something that ordinary people could do. At least they had risen to the level of their grandfather.
Hua Ming has a somewhat withdrawn personality and is reluctant to talk to others. That is, when he is with Xiao Han, he will have a smile. As long as any outsider is present, he will be cold.
So when introducing her, I just nodded slightly and went to communicate my mood with my Lei Ying guy.
"Sister Yu, I always feel that something is wrong with Yunmeng Swamp when I came out this time. Why does it seem that many people have rushed into me all of a sudden?" Zhong Ming asked Zhong Yu suspiciously.
"I also feel something is wrong. This place is already deep into Yunmeng Swamp. Our spiritual medicine family dares to go deep into here to collect herbs because of the medicine to remove poisonous snakes. But why are these thieves rushing in without their lives?" Zhong Yu also frowned.
I'm afraid it was caused by the Wushuang Thieves Group. When these thieves saw such a group of Wushuang Thieves Group entering the depths of Yunmeng Swamp, they actually reaped huge wealth. They must have found some treasures and other things. The wealth was touching. Since these people wanted to get it for nothing, they of course hoped to go in and take a try. If they were lucky, they would reap huge wealth like Wushuang Thieves Group.
People die for money, and birds die for food. To put it bluntly, these people are the word "greed"!
Just as Zhong Yu and others came to Yunmeng Swamp to experience it, they naturally encountered waves of thieves who were trying their best to find treasures!
"Xiao Han, thank you. If you hadn't saved Xiao Lingzi and brought Xiao Lingzi to save us, the six of us might have died at the hands of this group of robbers." Zhong Yu thanked.
"It's just a simple task. Do you have to continue the trial next?" Xiao Han asked. He didn't have any extra time to spend here, so he asked.
"With this gentian grass, our trial mission will be completed." Zhong Yu took out a herb and said.
Gentiana: cold in nature and taste. Growing in dark and humid places, its effect is naturally detoxification. It is usually accompanied by poisonous snakes. Of course, ordinary poisonous snakes cannot resist the medicinal properties of gentiana. Zhong Yu and the others are so lucky. In the past two days, there have been too many people entering the Yunmeng swamp. I don’t know where the poisonous snake guarding gentiana has gone, so it’s cheaper for them. Otherwise, with the strength of the six of them, I’m afraid that gentiana will not be able to get it. It is very likely to be buried in the snake’s belly.
"That's great, we can go home!" Xiao Zhongling cheered.
"Look at the six of you, except Xiao Zhongling, everyone is carrying them on them. Why don't we give you a trip!" Xiao Han said.
"Okay, big brother, welcome you to our house as a guest!" Xiao Zhongling seemed very happy. Although she almost suffered insults, she failed after all. Moreover, she was only a teenager and simple and lively, and she could easily forget those unpleasant things.
"We just need to send you to a safe place, there is no need to be a guest!" Xiao Han didn't want to waste too much time on the road, so he politely declined Zhong Ling's invitation.
"How can this be done? Brother Xiao saved our lives. How can we just let the life-savior leave like this? If someone knows it, wouldn't it mean that my spiritual medicine family doesn't understand the principle of repaying kindness?" Zhong Ming said.
"We have something to do, we are in a hurry to rush forward. Let's be a guest next time." Xiao Han pondered for a moment.
Is he afraid of visiting the Lingyao family? But he is afraid that Zhong Xiu will tell you when he returns home and says that he uses two pills to save Zhong Ming and the other two, which will cause him a lot of trouble. It is better to have less trouble than more. At this time, there is no more important thing than to rush to the East China Sea as soon as possible to find the Lieyang Flower.
"Could it be that Lord Xiao is arrogant and looks down on me as a spiritual medicine family?" Zhong Yu said suddenly.
"Zhong Yu, don't provoke me." Xiao Han smiled, "We do have something to do. The reason we went to Yunmeng Swamp is to save time."
"Xiaohan, I think they have a good intention, so why don't we go there. Anyway, the Lingyao family is not too far from here, so it's a road!" Wei Ziting said suddenly.
"Well, okay, let's go to the Lingyao Family!" Xiao Han looked at Wei Ziting. Seeing her nodding at her slightly, although the two of them could not be in harmony, Wei Ziting actually proposed to go to the Lingyao Family, so she must have her purpose, so what's wrong with going there!
Xiao Han and the girls all got on Kara's back, and Zhong Yu also got on. Zhong Ling, Zhong Xiu, Zhong Xiu, Zhong Yuan, Zhong Ming and Zhong Lin, who was still in a coma, got on Lei Zi's back. Blood followed him, and the group flew into the sky again!
This is not the first time Zhong Yu has been flying in a flying monster, so there is no discomfort.
"Miss Zhong Yu, can you tell me who is trying to attack your spiritual medicine family?" Wei Ziting asked.
"I don't know very well. The elixirs that our spiritual medicine family has refined over the past thousand years are far inferior to those before, and the effect is much worse than before. The elixir business is very poor. I have been almost always investing in my old capital over the years. The family is also incompetent. The old and the young are almost at the end of their lives!" Zhong Yu said.
"Is it because of the lack of spiritual medicine that you can't refine better elixirs?" Xiao Han asked.
"No, there is no shortage of spiritual medicine. What we lack is the pill recipe for refining elixirs, and the process. Since the ancestors were shut down from the death gate, many pill recipes from our spiritual medicine family have been lost." Zhong Yu said.
"The pill recipes are all in Zhong Kui's hands, right?" Wei Ziting asked.
"Yes, only the ancestors know about the pill recipe. After he was closed, many pill recipes were indirectly lost. Although we had enough pills, we could not refine better pills. So the pills we refine now are not as effective as the light-based magic therapy technique of the Holy Spirit of Light, and are even slower than the water-based therapy technique. Therefore, no one bought the pills. The pills are made of precious herbs, which are extremely expensive. Even if we sell them at a lower price, no one cares about them. Most of the pills refined are for the children of the family to use by themselves." Zhong Yu said.
"You don't open a pharmacy by yourself? After all, there are only a small number of people on the mainland who can afford priest treatment. A large number of people have no money to hire priests to treat. They can only wait slowly for self-healing. Although the speed of herbal treatment is slow in some aspects, it is much faster than that of self-healing. Your medicines are all finished products. The herbs used in first- and second-grade elixirs will definitely not be very expensive. As long as you make them in large quantities and then sell them with meager profits, it should be a good way. Isn't the pastor's treatment just because it's timely? As long as you carry your elixirs on your body and join the team, the priest is injured or dead, your elixirs will become life-saving things!" Xiao Han said strangely. With such a simple truth, the spiritual medicine family is not stupid, and you wouldn't have thought it would be!
"The elixirs from our spiritual medicine family have always been handed over to the auction house for sale!" Zhong Yu said, "And it is unrealistic to refine low-level elixirs on a large scale. Even if everyone in my spiritual medicine family gathers together, they can refine at most 10,000 pills a day. I don't know how much is the daily demand on the mainland. I don't know, at least more than one million pills are needed. With our ability, we can't do it at all!"
"Then you can build a pharmaceutical factory, implement flow operations, and produce on a large scale?" Xiao Han blurted out.
"What is flow operation and what is large-scale production?" Zhong Yu asked in surprise.
Xiao Han knew that he had missed his mouth. The production like a small workshop was obviously a congenital disadvantage of the spiritual medicine family. Although Zhong Yu discovered the problem, he could not solve this problem. This was related to her understanding. It was also a huge technical problem. If you can't find a way to produce elixirs in large quantities, it would be useless to say anything.
"The so-called flow operation means that one person is responsible for part of it. For example, the one who is responsible for washing herbs will wash herbs, and the one who is responsible for cutting herbs will cut herbs, and the process of refining is broken down one by one. In this way, a person concentrates on doing one thing, and then connects the process, and then goes one by one until the elixir is produced!" Xiao Han still explained that although the effect is far from the speed of mechanized production, at least the speed of producing low-grade elixirs will increase by several cups, or even more than ten times, and the cost will also drop significantly. As long as you are proficient, the cost will also decrease. This is the benefit of flow operation!
Zhong Yu was still a little confused after hearing this, but soon she understood the benefits of the running water operation mentioned by Xiao Han, and her eyes suddenly lit up. If she did what Xiao Han said, the output of the family's low-grade elixirs could increase several times at once, and she no longer needed to directly sell herbs to earn pitiful gold coins. She might have to purchase a large number of herbs in the future to meet the production of low-grade elixirs!
"Xiao Han, how do you do this in your brain? Why do you have so many wonderful ideas?" Wei Ziting was also shocked at what Xiao Han thought. She reacted much faster than Zhong Yu. She suddenly understood the benefits of Xiao Han's "flowing homework". No matter what aspect it is used, it can improve efficiency several times. No wonder he can have wealth that he may not have in just two or three years that he may not have been able to have for decades!
"I just see more and think more. In fact, as long as I think undirected, you can think of this method." Xiao Han smiled and said, although he did not invent the flowing homework, he did learn it. It would be nice to stand on the shoulders of his predecessors!
"Xiao Han, you helped me again!" Zhong Yu said with a mixed thought.
"Haha, we are partners, so it's time to help you, but even if you do this after you go back, you still can't meet the needs, and you don't have any extra money to expand production, right?" Xiao Han asked.
"How do you know?" Zhong Yu asked in surprise.
"Haha, I'm very short of money now. Your spiritual medicine family is also short of money. Why not cooperate with us? How about starting a pharmaceutical company?" Xiao Han said.
“Pharmaceutical company?”
"Yes, it's the company that produces elixirs. Your Lingyao Family is responsible for herbs and crafts, and I am responsible for investing in opening factories and pharmacies. There is also safety, how about it?" Xiao Han also wanted to produce Chinese patent medicines, but he was limited in energy and did not know much about pharmaceuticals. Moreover, he also wanted to help Chiyou find someone who can inherit the "Shennong Bencao Jing" and prepare for the future war!
"I can invest billion gold coins and build at least one hundred pharmaceutical factories. Of course, the location is up to me, and open at least 5,000 pharmacies. I can also cooperate with the Natural God Cult to hire their pharmacists to sit in the hall for consultation. Common people use ordinary medicines, nobles use noble medicines, and pastors can treat the body's surface trauma, and we can treat both inside and outside. What do you think?" Xiao Han's enthusiasm for Chinese herbal medicine has not been a day or two. He has always believed in Chinese medicine very firmly. Although Western medicine is effective, it hurts the body. Chinese medicine is self-regulating on the human body, achieving the effect of self-healing and antibody production. Although the course of Chinese medicine is slower, compared with direct magic treatment, it is the least harmful to the body, and it will recover very quickly in the future!
"Xiaohan, do you really plan to do this?" Wei Ziting was also surprised and Xiao Han's sudden decision.
"Of course, I used to be unable to have a chance, but now I feel that the opportunity has come!" Xiao Han smiled slightly.
"Xiao Han, do you want to tie the spiritual medicine family to your chariot?" Zhong Yu asked coldly.
"Haha, as long as the person who works with me will be branded as me sooner or later. If you say that, I can admit it." Xiao Han smiled. This is a win-win cooperation. Of course, the spiritual medicine family will suffer some losses, because in the future he may become an existence dependent on Fengcheng!
"What if I refuse?" Zhong Yu asked.
"Haha, for me, I just lost an opportunity to make money. Of course, if I want to enter this field, it will not be a good thing for Miss Zhong Yu and the spiritual medicine family behind you." Xiao Han said, "Maybe in the next two or three years, the spiritual medicine family will become history!"
"Are you threatening me?" Zhong Yu said angrily.
"Zhong Yu, Xiaohan is joking with you, don't take it seriously!" Wei Ziting said with a smile.
"Master, I think you and this Miss Zhong Yu are enemies in your previous life? Why do you always feel that you have disliked each other from the beginning of the meeting!" Ning Xiner said strangely.
"Yes, Master, did you two have any holidays before?" Bingyun asked strangely.
"It's nothing, Miss Zhong Yu has some misunderstandings about me." Xiao Han smiled and didn't care about Zhong Yu's vigilance and defense towards him at all. If it were him, he would have had such a reaction, but Zhong Yu was too emotional.
Zhong Yu is not an emotional person. On the contrary, he is known for his calmness and wiseness in the family. It is only when she faces Xiao Han that she can't control her emotions, and even she herself doesn't know why.
"By the way, Miss Zhong Yu, you haven't told me yet who wants to attack your spiritual medicine family?" Wei Ziting continued to ask.
"Samurai Guild!" Zhong Yu gritted his teeth and said with hatred.
"Samurai Guild?" Xiao Han and Wei Ziting were shocked after hearing this.
"In fact, for thousands of years, the Lingyao Family and the Warrior Guild have had cooperative relationships. Most of the elixirs produced by our Lingyao Family every year are purchased by the Warrior Guild," said Zhong Yu.
"Generally speaking, warriors are more likely to be injured than magicians. Although the Warrior Guild is powerful, it has too many people after all. The middle and low-level warriors basically do not belong to the wealthy group. When they are injured, few people can afford priest treatment unless there are priests in their team, and most of them do not have one. Even the number of priests in the large mercenary group is not large. Most of the priests are in the hands of the Holy Church of Light, so it is understandable that they need a large amount of elixirs." Wei Ziting explained.
"The Warrior Guild needs you, but you may not need the Warrior Guild. How can they do what you do?" Xiao Han asked.
"I have to thank you for this!" Zhong Yu said to Xiao Han with a hatred.
"For my gift?" Xiao Han couldn't figure it out after hearing this.
"You invented the magic paper?" Zhong Yu said.
"Haha, I don't have that ability. This is the result of the efforts of my subordinates!" Xiao Han said.
"The cost of making magic scrolls by your magic paper is greatly reduced. The Warrior Guild reached an agreement with the Holy Spirit of Light. They provided magic paper, and the Holy Spirit of Light helped him produce healing scrolls. In this way, their dependence on us is greatly reduced. Because the treatment scrolls are immediately effective in treating external trauma, no one cares about the elixirs we produce and very little sold. So the Warrior Guild used this as a reason to force us to lower the price. Originally, our profits for low-level elixirs were not high, and they only added 30% to the cost price. This time they actually asked us to reduce 50% in one breath. In fact, for every pill we sell, we will lose 20% by ourselves!" Zhong Yu looked at Xiao Han's eyes and was about to spit out fire.
To be continued...