The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 386 The Quan Family’s Children Are Amazing

"My father said that after we get married, no matter if it's a boy or a girl, one of our children must have the surname Bai. Because I am the only one of the younger generation in the Bai family, and my father has no brothers, so if my child can't have the surname Bai, the Bai family will be extinct, and the family tree won't be passed down."

When Bai Chuxiao said this, she stared at Xiao Jue with her eyes narrowed. She looked nervous, but there was also a hint of threat in her expression.

She even said, "Fourth Miss Ye also said that it is normal for a child to take the father's surname or the mother's surname. No one has stipulated that a child must take the father's surname. There is no such provision in the laws of Northern Qi. Moreover, the unique skill of giving birth has always been firmly in the hands of us women. Why should the children we gave birth to with our own ability and hard work take the father's surname?"

Xiao Jue found that the topic was getting more and more off-topic. Just now he said that it would be fine if one child had the surname Bai, but now it sounded as if all children had to have the surname Bai? Should he fight for himself as well?

"How about this, no matter how many children we have, half will have the surname Bai and the other half will have the surname Xiao, ok?"

Bai Chuxiao was very satisfied, "Okay, that's settled then."

Ye Wenyan had no idea that the two apprentices she had accepted for Feng Yuheng had already begun to study their own lifelong affairs. She was sitting in the carriage on the way back to the city, thinking about what Shi Ruoxun had said to her in the clinic.

Shi Ruoxun told her that the clinic was now many times more famous than before. Not only did people from the outer city of Lin'an come here for medical treatment, but people from the inner city also came specially, and even people from neighboring cities came here to see the doctor.

As a result, the demand for medicinal materials began to increase, and a significant gap appeared in supply.

Shi Weili was already thinking of ways, and even went to the neighboring city to transfer goods in person, but it still couldn't meet the needs of Lin'an. Shi Ruoxun meant that instead of asking others for help, it would be better to think of a fundamental solution. There is no need to plan for medicinal materials with a long history, but for medicinal materials that can be produced in one or two years, it is better to consider planting them yourself, and even some high-year medicinal materials can be considered for transplanting. However, you must be extremely careful when transplanting, and farmers with very good skills must do it to maximize the survival of the medicinal materials.

In addition, planting medicinal herbs is just like planting crops. It is useless to plant a small amount. It must be planted on a large scale to truly solve the problem of shortage of medicinal herbs, so the location must also be chosen carefully.

She began to calculate the mountains she had. She had originally planned to use them all to grow flowers, but now that there was the issue of medicinal herbs, it was not impossible to free up two mountains to grow herbs. Besides, the Third Prince still had a lot of mountains, so if it was not enough, she could just buy more from him.

She said to Zhuier, "Remember this, we have three urgent things to do. The first is to find a clerk for the jewelry store. You will do this because you have been following me in the outer city when the earth dragon turned over, and many people know you. You can just tell them that the fourth daughter of the Ye family wants to open a jewelry store, and she is looking for young girls and wives who want to work to be clerks at the counter."

Zhuier nodded vigorously, "Miss, rest assured, I can definitely handle this. And the person we choose must be reliable and honest, and it's better if she likes to dress up, so that she can help us sell the jewelry. Yes, she must also be talkative, not too dull, and not too ugly. In short, Miss, rest assured, I have it all figured out. But there is one thing you have to make a decision on, should the people we find be considered helpers, or should we pledge their indentures?"

Ye Wenyan thought for a moment and said, "Consider them helpers! They are all civilians, not slaves. We can't make them slaves just because we hire them to do work for us. Helpers also have their own rules. I'll ask Lin'an Prefecture and ask them to send someone to help manage the situation."

"The second job is also at the jewelry store, but it's not in front of the counter, but in the backyard. Let Xiangdong do this. Select a cook, and a few maids and servants to do rough work. These people must be slaves, bought from people, and must be indentured. Remember?"

Zhuier nodded again, "I've got it. I'll tell Sister Xiangdong when I get back home!"

"The third thing! Two of the hills outside Beijing will be used to grow medicinal herbs. Not only do we need people to reclaim the barren hills, but we also need people who are good at planting. In addition, we need people to deliver food and drink to the hills. In the later stages, we need people to take care of the seedlings and watch over the hills. This requires the help of a large number of farmers, both men and women. In addition, the people who guard the hills don't have to be farmers. People from other cities who want to help in the medicinal hills can also be recruited. It would even be better if they can learn planting from farmers. These people will also be counted as helpers. You can talk to Madam Ji later and ask her to do this. Spring is here, and we have to start as soon as possible."

Although she had never done such things as clearing the mountains to plant medicinal herbs and transplanting them, it sounded like it was not an easy task.

Especially nowadays, the planting technology is not advanced, so transplanting is more likely to fail. In addition, because it is a mountain planting, the area is too large and the land is too large. Even if more people are sent to guard the mountain, it is impossible to watch the entire mountain tightly.

Even in the future, we will need the assistance of monitoring equipment. It is impossible to achieve all-round protection in this era.

Therefore, she had to add a layer of restriction after selecting the medicine mountain, firmly protecting the two medicine mountains. She could even make a formation in the restriction, open up a piece of soil, and inject a large amount of spiritual power to promote the growth of high-year crops, such as ginseng and ganoderma lucidum.

But this medicinal field must be kept strictly confidential, and no one in Yaoshan must know about it.

Zhuier carefully wrote down the three things her young lady had told her, and Ye Wenyan fell into deep thought again.

This time, he was thinking about what Ying Nantian said about the Fourth Prince.

The children of the Quan family are truly extraordinary. The third prince is the largest landlord in Northern Qi, and the fourth prince has been a hostage for nearly ten years, but has quietly become the richest man in Northern Qi.

Moreover, he hid it better than the Third Prince. I'm afraid the late emperor didn't know that his fourth son was so capable until his death.

Ying Peng told her about this through Ying Nantian. She guessed that this was actually Quan Qinghua's idea, but she couldn't understand why Quan Qinghua did this? Wasn't their relationship already at a freezing point? They would fight whenever they met, so why did he suddenly help her?

Ye Wenyan rubbed his cold face. Normally, he shouldn't accept this favor, but if it was true as the Ying family said, Quan Qinghua's business scope covered the entire Northern Qi, then it wouldn't be a bad idea to go and have a chat.

In order to gather the five veins, she had to do something. She couldn't just stay in Lin'an and watch. Even if she couldn't leave Lin'an for the time being, she had to at least spread the things with her mark as much as possible.

As for the future catastrophe, Shi Liyuan was right. If the catastrophe was the only means to break the shackles of heaven and earth, then the humans on the northern shore of the Shoreless Sea had reason to make sacrifices for it.

Compared to living to the age of sixty for generations, and watching loved ones die of natural causes, it would be better to fight for it. Even if she died, at least she could buy a normal life for her descendants. When she returned to the inner city, it was already dark. She sent Zhuier back to the general's mansion, but she did not go home. She was going to take a carriage directly to the palace. There were some things that she needed to tell Shi Liyuan, such as the one million taels of silver notes owed by the Xiao family.

But before the carriage left the mansion gate, Ye Qingmei came out from the mansion, followed by Ye Chulian.

She lifted the car curtain and asked, "Big sister, is there anything wrong?"

Ye Qingmei nodded, "There is something, but it's not a big deal. My eldest brother asked me to keep an eye on you before he left. He told you that the clinic has been almost set up, and even the staff has been arranged. My eldest brother sent two servants from the courtyard, and I also sent two maids. Mother also sent a big maid from the courtyard to help. Now we just have to wait for the fifth sister's medicinal wine to be opened, and then the clinic can be opened. But the clinic has not yet been named, and my eldest brother wants you to choose it."

Ye Wenyan smiled bitterly, "The clinic I gave you is your business with your elder brother. I don't care how you divide the profits, and naturally I don't care what the clinic is called. When the time comes, I will let the doctors from the outer city take turns to come here to see patients, and you just need to pay them according to the consultation fee. As for the medicinal wine from the fifth sister, you can also discuss with her how to divide the money. I will definitely not care about anything else."

Ye Qingmei stretched out her hand and pinched her face. The feeling was not very good. Firstly, it was thin, and secondly, it was cold.

She said to Ye Wenyan, "You're still a doctor, but you don't even bother to take care of yourself. It's already this season, and you're still so cold. If you don't take care of yourself, I'll have to let mother take care of you! Okay, I know you don't want to get involved in these things, and I've told my brother about it, and he insisted that I tell you."

Ye Qingmei asked the maid beside her to quickly fetch a hand warmer, and then she continued, "Don't worry, we have made arrangements for both the doctor and the fifth sister. We don't charge the doctor's consultation fee, and we will also pay a sum of money for the doctor's visits every month. I will go and talk to Miss Shi from the outer city clinic about how much money to decide. As for the fifth sister, we have also discussed that we will split the medicinal liquor sold in 20% and 80%, the clinic takes 20% and the fifth sister takes 80%. I know you are busy, and I will try not to bother you with these things in the future. But Yan'er, this clinic was opened thanks to you. If I don't give you some, my brother and I will feel bad."

Ye Wenyan immediately waved his hand, "If you keep talking like this, I won't be friends with you. I'm not short of money, so what's the point of sharing your money? But there is one thing I have to tell you——"

Her face turned serious. "It's that Ye Lianmian! The clinic will definitely make a lot of money, so you and your brother will be rich in the future, but you can spend the money on yourselves, give it to mother, or give it to anyone you like, but it must not fall into Ye Lianmian's hands. Including mother, I don't care how much she gives to Ye Lianmian, but you can't use the money you earn from the clinic to subsidize her. I hope big sister will keep an eye on this matter for me!"