Even soone like Liu Huan, who doesn’t understand pharmacology, was astonished by the casually piled herbs on the shelves, let alone Manbao and Zhou Liru.
The room wasn’t large; you could see everything standing at the door. But Manbao still walked inside for a look, then stood in front of a wall to examine the dicine bottles, boxes, or jars placed on the shelves. Labels were affixed on them, noting the nas of the dicines.
The Town Leader ca over and introduced, "These are all finished dicines we purchased gradually from passing rchants."
There was no other way. Man only knew so simple dical skills, mainly for external injuries. In the past, they used to buy hemostatic dicine from Liangzhou, Suzhou, or Yun Pass, and only when in urgent need without dicine would they let Man treat injuries.
Everyone wants to live, especially as the Town Leader aged, he wanted to live even more. So, starting four or five years ago, they began to enjoy buying dicine from passing rchants. Occasionally, when they accepted orders to escort caravans out of the desert, they would buy so dicines in other towns to stock up.
However, the fierce aura they carried was too strong; many pharmacies didn’t like selling them finished dicines, and there were restrictions from the authorities on so finished dicines, prohibiting purchases exceeding certain amounts.
Of course, they didn’t care about the regulations of the authorities, but those pharmacies didn’t dare or want to break these rules.
Moreover, not all pharmacies had finished dicines for sale, which is why it took him a long ti to collect these finished dicines.
Manbao and Zhou Liru identified so of the dicines, picking out two whose nas didn’t match the content, saying, "The rest seem fine."
As for the herbs in this room, it was too difficult to summarize in words. She felt that if truly inspecting, she could discard half of them.
Unlike other items, so herbs can beco toxic if not preserved properly.
The Town Leader gritted his teeth and finally asked Zhou Man to help sort them out.
She might be the most suitable person to organize them. After her, they might not encounter such a skilled doctor again.
Of course, to ensure she put her heart into it, he proactively ntioned about sending a guard team to escort them to Shazhou, stating he could send ten more people with them.
In other words, for the hundred taels of silver they paid for ten people, he would arrange for twenty people to escort them.
Judging by their quotes, Manbao would earn fifty taels of silver in a single trip.
Of course, it wasn’t sothing that could be solved in a single trip. Manbao and Zhou Liru initially flipped through the herbs and tossed the apparently unusable ones into a basket.
"Why don’t you find a few more baskets? The unusable ones can be used as compost, and so toxic ones should be buried to avoid being consud by people or livestock. I will handle those that can be edited as much as I can," she said.
The Town Leader watched as Zhou Man continuously picked herbs off the shelves and discarded them into the waste basket. So herbs from boxes and containers were sniffed, tasted a little, and were also discarded with only a few set aside.
He heard her instructing the young girl, "This one can still be used but needs processing before decoction."
Zhou Liru pinched it and said, "But aunt, processing it would lose a lot of efficacy, right?"
Manbao replied, "If not processed, it will be useless in half a year and can’t be made into finished dicine now."
The Town Leader imdiately butted in, "What finished dicine can this be made into?"
Manbao thought for a mont and said, "It can be made into hemostatic ointnt, but the effect isn’t great. It works on ordinary wounds, but not larger ones. It can stop bleeding and prevent small wounds from worsening."
The Town Leader’s gaze flickered, and he said, "Then make it into hemostatic ointnt."
Manbao looked up at him, "Does the Town Leader have soone who can make it?"
The Town Leader paused, then displayed a warm smile to her, "Imperial Doctor Zhou, shall we talk about this matter?"
Then everyone moved to the living room.
By the ti Mr. Zhuang arrived, Manbao and the others had already negotiated the paynt for making the finished dicine with the Town Leader.
Manbao and her team would only provide their labor; all materials for the finished dicine would be provided by the Town Leader, naturally keeping the cost within the value of the finished dicine itself.
Since there were few doctors in this area (arguably none), and not many buyers of herbs (most handled their illnesses independently), letting the herbs sit was a waste, which is why they spent a significant sum to invite Zhou Man and them.
This "significant sum" was considered such by the Town Leader and his gang.
Manbao and her team didn’t think so. She thought they were already cheap; if not for the Town Leader’s genuine intent, she wouldn’t have wasted such valuable ti making finished dicines here.
The Town Leader once bitten by a snake, feared it greatly, thus continually lanted during als, "Actually, I had so minor grievances with those rchants, but I made ands and apologized afterward. I didn’t expect they would still sell fake dicine. Alas, thankfully, my brothers fell ill only a few tis these past two years, otherwise, had they taken these dicines, who knows how many would have died."
Manbao said, "Doctors have dical ethics; there is no problem with the finished dicines themselves. The issue is with the mislabeled drugs, with soone intentionally misleading you; this is not a doctor’s fault but that of the rchants selling you the drugs."
The Town Leader then asked, "Don’t doctors do such things either?"
Manbao smiled, "I can’t guarantee that all doctors abide by dical ethics. But a healer can refuse treatnt but cannot intentionally harm a patient in the process. This is not only dical ethics but also regulated by law. If a doctor oversteps, he will be punished by law and expelled from the dical community. Those who hear of it won’t recognize his status."
Although the world is vast, with limited information flow, soone who breaks this taboo can start anew elsewhere.
However, it’s impossible for them to achieve further success in this field.
The Town Leader, seeing the seriousness on her face, felt much reassured. Although their past interactions weren’t always harmonious, she didn’t seem vindictive.
To show his regard for Zhou Man and the others, the Village Leader had soone fetch two silver carps from the lake. He chuckled, "There are plenty of fish in the lake, but this kind is the most delicious, whether boiled or stead, very tasty. I heard Imperial Doctor Zhou particularly likes this fish, and it was previously hard to co by. Today, why not savor it more?"
Manbao didn’t mind. Their activities in the village likely didn’t escape his notice, but he couldn’t have known about their courtyard matters.
Otherwise, he’d know they just had silver carp yesterday.
However, Sister-in-law He’s preparation was sowhat different from that in the Town Leader’s ho. The taste was distinct, more tender, without the fishy or greasy feel, quite delicious.
Manbao was very satisfied, so after the al, she voluntarily listed the materials needed for finished dicine production, such as wooden buckets, big cauldrons, and pestles.
Manbao said, "We first need to sort your storeroom, turning so perishable items into finished dicines, and leave the rest. I will teach you preservation thods."
But whether they could learn depended on individual aptitude. Manbao decided to ntion it during sorting, without planning additional instruction.
She still wanted to search in the Gobi for other unrecorded organisms.
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