Chapter Ninety-Five: Selling Medicine and Observing its Efficacy

  The store on Sanlihe Street was already renovated, and Jiang Xia just took over and made some simple changes. After ten days of renovation, the store was basically completed, and then Jiang Xia opened it in a low-key manner.

  It's really low-key, no lion dance, no firecrackers, not even drums. The whole store is empty, with less than a hundred exquisite small porcelain bottles on display.

  Among them, the Feifeng Dan was at least seven grains for a course of treatment, and Jiang Xia spent three days refining more than 140 grains. On the other hand, the Jiuyang Dan was used one by one, and Jiang Xia refined fifty grains, which occupied fifty small porcelain bottles.

  On the first day of opening, Jiang Xia was still considering how to arrange furniture in the store when a slender middle-aged man with a goat beard and wearing a blue long gown walked into the store.

  "Hey." Goat-beard shouted at Jiang Xia's back, his voice slightly louder.

  Jiang Xia turned around and dug his ears, Wu Shi was a bit bad at this point, the sound was slightly louder and felt piercing to the ears.

  The goat-bearded man slightly raised his chin, looking at Jiang Xia with a 45-degree angle, and surprisingly, looking at people like this would give him a kind of special superiority. "You... are selling medicine?"

  "Customer?" Jiang Xia's heart suddenly jumped out with these two words, and his face immediately filled with a smile as he nodded: "Right, right, the medicine seller. Let me tell you, our family's medicine..."

  The words had barely left his lips when the goat-bearded man pointed to a shop across the street and said with an air of superiority, "How dare you sell medicine right in front of my own pharmacy? You really are asking for trouble."

  "It turned out to be a scene-stealer." Jiang Xia thought to herself, instantly losing her good mood.

  He waved his hand at the goat whiskers: "Get out of my store, old man is busy and can't entertain you, hurry up and roll..."

  "Hey, little rabbit is quite bold! Have you opened a medicine shop and sold medicines to the governor's office in Shuntian Prefecture?"

  "Hey, I told you to scram and you didn't. Watch it or I won't be polite next time. Are you suffering from Stockholm syndrome since you're always running a pharmacy?" Jiang Xia asked.

  "What Ma? What syndrome? There's no record of it in any medical book." Goat-beard said confidently.

  Jiang Xia shook his head, with a look of "you're so ignorant", and he was patient enough to explain: "Stockholm syndrome, also known as hostage mentality, refers to the emotional bond that forms between the captive and their captor. Simply put, it can be summarized in two words."

  "What two words?" Goat-beard couldn't help but ask.

  "Slap! Slap!" Jiang Xia slapped the goat-bearded man twice and then asked, "Can you roll now?"

  The goat-bearded man was stunned on the spot, covering his face with an incredulous expression and looking at Jiang Xia: "You... you dare to hit me?"

  "Slap! Slap!" "Isn't this nonsense?" Jiang Xia slapped the goat beard twice again.

  "You think you're so capable? Try again!" Goat-beard said angrily.

  "Bang! Bang!" Jiang Xia shook his head, with a serious and solemn expression, saying: "You're already in the late stages of Stockholm Syndrome. In two words, this disease is called... being shameless."

  "Ah......" Goat Whiskers finally reacted, realizing he had been slapped six times. He let out a sharp cry and ran out, then shouted on the street to Jiang Xia: "You wait for me!"

  After finishing speaking, Shan Yangzi returned to his hanging pot inn. Not long after, Jiang Xia saw a shop assistant running out of the hanging pot inn and heading in the direction of Shuntian Prefecture.

  Jiang Xia continued to look at his own store, after confirming the furniture he wanted to buy, he went to the nearby Wen Fang Si Bao store and bought pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Just as he was about to go out to make a purchase, Jiang Xia saw several yamen runners and an official wearing a green robe with a round collar and a padded jacket coming over together.

  The official walked in the front, and the goat beard of the Xuan Hu Zhai saw it immediately excitedly ran over. Jiang Xia stood at the door of the shop with a smile watching the official walk by.

  At first, the official was vigorous and majestic, with a fiery appearance. However, as he approached and saw Jiang Xia's face clearly, his footsteps suddenly stopped for a moment. Jiang Xia stretched out his right hand and beckoned him over.

  The official seemed to have forced his way through.

  When they arrived at Jiang Xia's shop, the goat-bearded man immediately excitedly said to the official: "Brother-in-law, it's him, he's the one who hit me just now."

  After finishing speaking, the goat-bearded man proudly said to Jiang Xia: "See that, my brother-in-law? The official residence of the eighth-rank official from Shuntian Prefecture."

  Jiang Xia smiled slightly and ignored the goat-bearded man, instead saying to the official: "Lord Li, it's been a long time."

  It just so happens that the official who has arrived is none other than Li Qianshun, the Magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture.

  When he saw Jiang Xia, Li Qian Shun suddenly remembered the time when the people from the East Factory slapped him. Li Qian Shun said somewhat awkwardly: "Long...long time no see, young master."

  Upon hearing Li Qianshou being so polite to Jiang Xia, Shan Yang Hu Zi couldn't help but call out in dissatisfaction: "Brother-in-law!"

  "Sister-in-law, you!" Li Qianshun suddenly burst into rage and scolded the goat-bearded man, "Can't you see I'm talking to this young master?"

  Jiang Xia pulled out the token from his bosom and flashed it before Li Qian's eyes, then said: "Lord Li, bringing so many people to visit your esteemed shop has left me somewhat startled."

  "It was you who startled me, wasn't it?" Li Qianshou couldn't possibly not recognize the token from the Eastern Depot, and it was even a copper one. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he stammered: "Young master, misunderstanding, complete misunderstanding. I came...I came to buy something, to buy whatever you have here."

  "Oh." Jiang Xia nodded slightly, then excitedly clapped his hands and said: "I'm a pill seller."

  After finishing, Jiang Xia took out three bottles of Jiuyang Dan from the counter. He showed it to Li Qianshun and said: "This medicine is called Jiuyang Dan, which is a prescription from the imperial palace. If men take it, I guarantee that you can have seven times in one night, each time more powerful than the last."

  "What's wrong with the palace's Fangzi?" Li Qianshun was slightly stunned, and indeed, because his sister was a brothel owner, he had long been suspected of being excessive in lust. During this time, that thing had always been weak and powerless, even if it was forced to lift up, it would be hard but soft, at most three or five times before giving up.

  Li Qianshun asked half-believingly: "Young master, is this price..."

  "Grand opening promotion, prices greatly discounted, twenty taels of silver for one." said Jiang Xia.

  "Two... twenty taels?" Li Qianshun was stunned, what kind of medicine could be worth twenty taels, wasn't this equivalent to robbery? Li Qianshun subconsciously prepared to get angry, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw Jiang Xia smiling and looking at him, asking: "What's wrong? Does the sir think it's expensive?"

  "Ah?" Li Qianshun was slightly stunned, shaking his head and saying: "No, no way..."

  After finishing speaking, Li Qianshun immediately said to the goat-bearded man beside him: "Xinzi, bring over sixty taels."

  "Huh?" The goat-bearded man was slightly taken aback.

  "What's wrong? Silver!" Li Qianshun shouted loudly.

  The goat whiskers immediately pulled out the treasure from his bosom, and before he could even count it, Li Qianshou snatched it all away. After counting sixty taels of silver to Jiang Xia, Li Qianshou left with a dejected look, accompanied by the yamen runners.

  After Li Qianshun left, the goat beard didn't dare to bother Jiang Xia again. Jiang Xia thought for a moment and then locked the door to prepare to buy some furniture for the store. He walked to the horse stable at the street corner and saw Han Mufeng feeding hay to the carriage horses, then he sat in the carriage and went to buy furniture.

  What was originally a minor episode for Li Qianshun soon took a dramatic turn.

  Li Qianshun returned to the yamen and was met with an invitation from his brother-in-law to go to Chunyilou, where several new beautiful girls had arrived, freshly trained for him to try out.

  Such a good thing Li Qianshun couldn't possibly let go of, so he immediately changed into casual clothes and went to Chunyilou with his sister's husband.

  After arriving, his brother-in-law arranged a few pretty girls for him. After having enough wine and food, Li Qianshun chose two of the prettiest ones to proceed with the main event. The people were ready, the mood was ready. But after taking off their pants, they found out... there was still one place that wasn't ready.

  Two girls used all their strength but couldn't help Li Qianshun, and the two girls were so anxious that they almost cried.

  Of course, Li Qianshun was still the most anxious. Under his anxious heart, he suddenly remembered the Jiuyang Dan that Jiang Xia had sold to him.

  Li Qianshun picked up a bottle and opened it, pouring out the pills inside. He silently muttered to himself: "Twenty taels of silver for one pill, you'd better have some effect."

  Li Qianshun swallowed a pill in one gulp.

  Huh? No reaction?

  Damn it, I've been cheated. That son of a bitch. Li Qianshun thought for a moment, and with a surge of viciousness in his heart, he was about to swallow the other two as well.

  Just as he had just poured out the second pill, he suddenly felt a change. A nameless force surged through his body, and Li Qianshun was excited all over. Never before, never before...

  Li Qianshun had already forgotten when he last felt so confident, as if he had an endless supply of energy within him, just like the time when he was eighteen and tricked Er Ya, a somewhat foolish girl from his village, with a stick of rock candy, fooling around from noon till night.

  The time for a cup of tea has passed... The time for an incense stick has passed... Half a watch... One watch... Two...

  Suddenly Li Qianshun shouted: "Replace him, arrange three... no, five people to come over."

  Afternoon. Jiang Xia looked at the furniture he had arranged with satisfaction, the ancient-colored shop, and couldn't help but nod slightly: "All set."

  Han Mufeng said from behind him: "Still missing one thing."

  "What?" Jiang Xia asked.

  "Signboard." Han Mu Feng replied.

  Jiang Xia's forehead suddenly flashed three black lines, all of which had been forgotten.

  Just as he was thinking about customizing the signboard, Jiang Xia suddenly saw someone running towards him. It wasn't until the person got closer that Jiang Xia realized it was Li Qianshun.

  Li Qianshun excitedly shook Jiang Xia's hand and said: "Ten, no, no, no... twenty, I want another twenty."

  After finishing speaking, Li Qianshun took out a large stack of treasure notes from his bosom and handed them over to Jiang Xia.