mtl008 Chapter 132 Business
Chapter 132 Business
Fortunately, the effect was ideal. With the help of Doctor Wu, Li Xi had purified enough artemisinin, and the next step was to prepare it.
"Xiao Xi, the Artemisia annua is used up again." Doctor Wu put the extracted artemisinin into a container beside him and said.
Li Xi raised her head from the desk and said, "Well, all the Artemisia annua in the surrounding area is here. It will take a while for those further away to be transported here."
Doctor Wu looked at Li Xi with disheveled hair and dark circles under her eyes, and felt distressed. She had had a hard time these days.
"Jingzhi is such a loser. We don't need ginseng or ganoderma lucidum, just ordinary Artemisia annua. He always drags his feet, which really delays the progress."
Doctor Wu just learned the word "awesome" from Li Xi recently. During this period, they were almost always together except for the fact that they lived together. He was indeed greatly influenced by Li Xi and learned a lot of new knowledge.
"It's not his fault." Li Xi said something fair to him, "It's just that this broken road is too difficult to travel on. When all the roads are paved with cement, the speed will be much faster."
"If Artemisia annua is gone, then it's gone. The existing artemisinin extracted is enough for the time being."
"Can we start dispensing medicine?" Doctor Wu's eyes lit up.
This short one-month assistant career has completely refreshed Dr. Wu's worldview. He never knew that medicine making could be like this. This doesn't look like medicine making, but more like alchemy.
However, the raw materials used are not cinnabar, gold or jade used in alchemy, but Chinese medicinal materials.
When he first came, he didn't understand how to use these instruments, but when he saw several Artemisia annua plants turning into transparent salt crystals under Li Xi's process, he was completely stunned.
That day was like opening the door to a new world for Dr. Wu. He knew that the techniques used by Li Xi were undoubtedly a revolution in traditional Chinese medicine.
He didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but he wanted to give it a try.
Li Xi felt that it was quite rare for Doctor Wu to be like this. Not to mention the ancient times when people’s thinking was rigid, even in modern times, the battle between Chinese and Western medicine has never stopped, and both sides have always looked down on each other.
It is rare that Dr. Wu has studied Chinese medicine for so many years and still has the courage to accept new knowledge and start over.
"Well, we can start making medicine." Li Xi nodded.
After she taught Dr. Wu how to extract artemisinin, Dr. Wu had been working on extracting artemisinin for a month while she was doing other preparatory work.
The right medicine for the right disease, the right medicine for the right disease. The detoxification pills that Li Xi is going to make have the main function of treating malaria. Compared with several other common diseases in Yunnan, the treatment of malaria is the top priority for people in the southwest.
For ancient people, malaria was a kind of plague. Once contracted, the local government would surround the village before they could even find a doctor. In the best case, they would be left to fend for themselves, while in the worst case, they might even burn down the village.
Li Xi's eyes were determined. Since she had come to this era, she should do something.
During the time when Li Xi and Doctor Wu were busy making the antidote, a new shop opened in Jiayuguan. It became extremely popular as soon as it opened, attracting many merchants from all over the country.
Sun Lei looked at the shop in front of him, which was very different from the surrounding shops. Its windows and doors were made of large pieces of transparent glass. Standing outside, he could see the inside of the shop clearly at a glance.
There is a pear wood plaque hanging on the door, with three large characters inscribed on it - Linglong Pavilion.
"Young Master, this Linglong Pavilion really looks extraordinary." Geng Li, the security guard behind Sun Lei, looked at the shop in front of him curiously.
Sun Lei snapped the folding fan in his hand shut. "It's really extraordinary."
Considering that the Sun family was the richest in the area, they naturally had colored glaze at home, but this was the first time he had seen colored glaze of such quality, such clarity, and in such a large area.
Sun Lei said: "Let's go in and take a look."
As soon as he reached the door, the waiter inside opened it and said, "Sir, please come in."
Sun Lei took Geng Li into the shop and looked at the decoration inside subtly. Although the layout and decoration inside could be seen clearly from the outside, it was still better to see it inside.
The shop was not small, with several antique display shelves inside, on which were placed many exquisite objects, including plates, bowls, cups and saucers of various shapes and colors that were both practical and exquisite, as well as other types of objects with beautiful shapes.
From large screens to small hairpins and pen holders, we have everything.
Sun Lei was dazzled, every item here was of great value, yet the shop owner just displayed them outside so openly without any fear of them falling, bumping, or being stolen.
It's no wonder that Sun Lei finds it unbelievable. Dayan does not have the technology to manufacture colored glaze. Their colored glaze is all made by Westerners and shipped to Dayan. After crossing the ocean and with the monopoly on technology, the price of colored glaze is naturally frighteningly high.
When Gu Jingzhi got the prescription, the first thing he thought about was not how much profit it could bring. What he thought about was how much he didn't know about Li Xi. The more he got to know her, the more mysterious she seemed to him, so mysterious that she didn't seem to be from here.
However, he was not a person who worried about gains and losses. After getting the recipe, he quickly found someone to test and make it.
The raw materials for making colored glaze are simple, and the craftsmanship requirements are not high. Gu Jingzhi sent a copy of the recipe to the capital, and asked someone to make the experimental equipment that Li Xi wanted. After receiving a reply from the capital, he opened Linglong Pavilion at the border.
Although it is far away from the border, there are many merchants traveling to Jiayuguan. This unique shop quickly caught their attention. Once they entered the store, they were attracted by the dazzling array of goods inside and emptied their wallets.
These merchants were not stupid, of course. They saw the value of the colored glass at a glance. As traveling merchants, they had traveled far and wide and had mostly seen the world. Colored glass was always ridiculously expensive. Although the price at Linglong Pavilion was not cheap, it was much cheaper than buying it from other places.
They buy from here and then sell it at a higher price. How could they miss this business?
"Manager He? Where is Manager He? Do you still have bowls and plates with eagle patterns? Give me ten more sets, no, twenty sets! Give me twenty more sets!" A middle-aged man dressed in silk hurried into the store and went straight to the counter.
Seeing this, He Wensheng, the shopkeeper at the counter, came over with a smile and said, "Isn't this Boss Liu? It seems you made a lot of money this time."
"Where does the big money come from? It's just to make a living. What I do is a business on the edge of a knife."
Mr. Liu, the boss of Mr. He and Mr. Kou, was originally named Liu Youwei. His ancestral home was in Zhejiang. His parents died early and he grew up alone, eating at other people's homes. After he grew up, he sold his family's meager property and went out to make a living.
He now mainly does business with the Huns.
To do business with the Huns, it is not enough to have money and goods, but also courage and ability. Boss Liu is obviously a leader in this field.
"Do you have any more of those Eagle dishes? Give me twenty more sets."
He did not dare to take more than two sets at first and only took two sets. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the grassland, he was spotted by the Huns. The Huns on the grassland regarded the eagle as a sacred bird, and because he only brought two sets of bowls and plates, they almost had a fight.