The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

I saw that its rhizome was shaped like yacon and was yellowish brown in color.

At one end are two clusters of emerald green branches and leaves, on which hang a few yellow fruits of the genus Tripterygium wilfordii, the size of raspberries.

At the other end of the rhizome, there are stalks that spread out, somewhat like ginseng roots. The only drawback is that the stalks are all broken.

But it doesn’t matter. Considering the poor conditions for picking Tianfeng leaves, this one is already very rare.

The most important part of the Tianfeng leaf is the rhizome, while the roots do not play a big role.

Shen Baozhao was very satisfied. If she could get the Tianfeng Leaf, she could immediately start refining the Hanxiang Pills.

"Shopkeeper Qin, how much is this Tianfeng leaf?" Shen Baozhao asked.

Shopkeeper Qin said thoughtfully: "The Medicine King Palace purchased it from the seller at a price of 18,000 taels, and Miss Shen is a regular customer of the Medicine King Palace.

I am not going to talk nonsense. I will pay you the same as before, plus 10% of our store’s commission, for 1,800 taels.

A total of 19,800 taels, how about that? "

Even though Shen Baozhao was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he heard the price of nearly 20,000 taels.

She had thought that Tianfeng leaves would be expensive, but she hadn't expected them to be this expensive.

He weighed the fifteen thousand taels of silver in his sleeve, but it was not enough!

This was all the cash she could come up with, including the three thousand taels of medical fee she received from Chang Ruyi.

But Shopkeeper Qin was already very fair and did not ask for a price.

Otherwise, according to reason, this Tianfeng Leaf already belonged to the Medicine King Palace, so even if he offered 30,000 taels, it would not break the rules.

Shen Baozhao was a little embarrassed, "Manager Qin, I only brought 15,000 taels of silver notes today."

She took out the banknote and handed it to Shopkeeper Qin. Shopkeeper Qin took it and lowered his eyes to listen to Shen Baozhao continue.

"For the remaining 4,800 taels, can you write a promissory note first? Or if Medicine King Hall accepts jewelry, I can pledge some jewelry of equal value here.

I can redeem it when I have cash in the future."

I won so many prizes at the banquet, but it's a pity that I can't sell them, otherwise I wouldn't be so short of money.

In fact, she found this Tianfeng leaf for Uncle Xiao. If she asked the Prince Yu's Mansion for money, they would definitely give it to her.

But Shen Baozhao was unwilling to do so. After all, she treated her grandparents as relatives, not ordinary patients from whom she could charge for medicine at will.

When Shopkeeper Qin heard what Shen Baozhao said, he realized that she had no money on hand.

But using jewelry as collateral has never been a precedent in Yaowang Temple. Although he is the chief shopkeeper, he is not the owner.

When it comes to matters involving money, you still have to report to your boss.

Otherwise, when the time comes to pay the bill next month, he will not be able to take a pile of jewelry to see his boss.

As for Shen Baozhao's suggestion of writing a promissory note, it was not impossible. However, according to the rules of the Medicine King Hall, interest had to be charged on the promissory note.

As for how much to charge, generally speaking, the rich and powerful will charge more, while the common people will charge less.

This Miss Shen should be charged more according to her status. But Shopkeeper Qin had a very good impression of Shen Baozhao, so he thought that maybe he could say a few good words to the master and charge less.

"Miss Shen, it's not that I don't want to, but I really can't make the decision. How about Miss Shen waiting in the Medicine King Hall for an hour, and I'll send someone to ask the boss first?"

Shen Baozhao just nodded in agreement. Manager Qin was very considerate of him by not refusing outright.

"Wait." Qingfeng spoke up and stopped Manager Qin from sending the servant away.

Several people looked puzzled and looked towards Qingfeng.

"What is Mr. Qingfeng's opinion?" asked Shopkeeper Qin.

Qingfeng ignored Manager Qin and walked up to Shen Baozhao, confronted her, and looked her over.

Although she was just a little girl, she seemed to know a lot. At least when she saw the Tianfeng leaf, she carefully identified it and observed it carefully.

But when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Shen Baozhao's expression, he found that he was very satisfied with Tianfeng Ye.

Therefore, this girl should be very familiar with the appearance of Tianfeng Ye. This made Qingfeng even more curious about her identity.

Shen Baozhao didn't know what the senior brother was keeping secret. If it were an ordinary person, she would have stopped him from entering the ice cellar as soon as possible.

"May I ask Miss Shen, why did you buy this Tianfeng leaf?"

Shen Baozhao smiled. She had no intention of hiding it. "Of course, it's to refine the pills."

We both came from the Poison Star Valley, so maybe the eldest brother has also read the book "Strange Talks".

If you make up excuses, it will arouse suspicion.

Qingfeng heard Shen Baozhao talking about refining pills and raised his eyebrows with a look of disdain in his eyes: "Oh? Miss, you can also refine pills. May I ask who your master is?"

He just felt that Shen Baozhao was so arrogant. When he was her age, he was just helping his master and had not yet started to cook on his own.

Not to mention that the Tianfeng Leaf is so precious, if this little girl really uses it to refine pills, he dares to bet that it will be 100% scrapped. Isn't this a waste of resources?

Who was her teacher? Of course it had to be the poison doctor Luo, right? But did she dare to say it? If she dared to say it, she would be ridiculed to death by the eldest brother the next moment.

Shen Baozhao raised his eyes, calm and clear, and slowly said: "Of course not, I bought the Tianfeng leaf because of my uncle's leg injury.

I will ask an alchemist to help me prepare the elixir."

He knew that this little girl could not possibly make an elixir. However, since the Tianfeng Leaf was so rare, he did not dare to try to make it easily. If he could buy it, he would probably give it to his master.

Master will definitely be able to maximize the effectiveness of the Tianfeng Leaf.

But from what the girl said, this Tianfeng leaf could be useful for her uncle's leg injury.

I don't think he would treat Tianfeng Ye casually. Is there any other powerful alchemist in Dali?

It's hard to say, the great ones are hidden in the city. Wait, if there are other powerful alchemists, does that mean that the batch of pills received by the Medicine King Hall are of unknown origin...

Maybe it was done by someone else?

An idea suddenly flashed through Qingfeng's mind! "Excuse me, young lady, can you reveal the name of the alchemist?"

Shen Baozhao shook his head and refused: "That alchemist is very low-key and doesn't want to be known by too many people.

Being famous is very hard. "

Qingfeng nodded, he also understood this. Every year, there were countless people who came to the Poison Star Valley to seek medical treatment and medicine, just like the Duke of Lu's Mansion had already had several groups of people come.

If Marquis Xuanping had not helped him once, he would not have been willing to leave the valley to treat Chen Ke's injuries.

Since Shen Baozhao said so, Qingfeng didn't ask any more questions.

He only discussed with Shen Baozhao: "I just heard from Miss Shen that we don't have enough money to buy the Tianfeng Leaf.

To be honest, my master loves to collect rare herbs. Could you please, ahem, give me this Tianfeng leaf?"

Qingfeng spoke these words haltingly. He didn't want to take advantage of a little girl's misfortune to snatch the medicinal materials from her. However, he was really coveting the Tianfeng leaf.

If the medicine was lost this time due to someone else's mistake, the master would be furious when he returns, and Zhaocai would certainly not have a good ending.

If he offered the Tianfeng Leaf, maybe he could calm his master's anger.

Shen Baozhao stared at Qingfeng for a few seconds until Qingfeng's face turned red.

Then he said, "No!"