Tong Jia anecdote

Have people taken medicine? "

"It's fried, I'm going to get it." Fu Chaqin saluted lightly and went out.

He vaguely heard Ji Lan's coughing from inside, lifted the curtain and went in, saw her sitting on the bed wearing only a single coat, and said puzzledly, "It's sunny, are you going to sleep?"

"I got dirty in the medicine store just now, and I need to take a bath." Ji Lan coughed, looked at Tong Jiu in official uniform, and said, "It's different after wearing this clothes."

Tong Jiu placed her cloth tiger pillow behind her, and poured tea for her, "The water is not boiled yet, so cover it up first, so that you don't let the cool wind soak it."

"It's okay." Ji Lan sniffed, took Tong Jiu's ginger tea, sipped it one by one, and said, "Why didn't you ask me how did Curry's medicine go?"

"You don't need to ask." Hong Xiao came in and led Tong Jiu to change clothes behind the screen. Tong Jiu said from behind the screen, "Jining's business is in a downturn for no reason. How can you hold back your temper until now."

"What's my temper?" Ji Lan didn't like to listen, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Fu Chaqin who came in with the medicine.

"Naturally, I can't rub half a grain of sand in my eyes." Tong Jiu said, already wearing an ordinary Xuanqing robe and came out from behind the screen.

Hongxiao was following her, and she was wearing a belt and a sachet for her, but she went out blindly like this, and couldn't tie it, so she simply stuffed the unworn mandarin jacket and hat on her shoulders into her arms. He said patiently, "Put it on yourself."

Then he said to Ji Lan, "Someone came out in such a hurry just to see the embarrassment of Madam taking bitter medicine. Don't make her wish come true." Then he lifted the curtain and went out.

"Look at this girl..." actually made Fu Chaqin laugh.

Ji Lan took the medicine in her hand and drank it neatly.After drinking it, he pretended to be cool and aired the bottom of the bowl to Tong Jiu, and smiled at her.Tong Jiu's heart was warmed by her sudden bright smile, and she couldn't help but also laughed.

Fuchaqin ignored the eye contact between the two, and stepped forward to help Tong Jiu put on the jacket.

"You take the medicine and sleep for a while. I'll take a few boys out for a stroll. It won't take long." Tong Jiu put the cap on her head and looked at Ji Lan with a smile.

Ji Lan reached out to her, Tong Jiu went to the bedside and shook her hand, Fu Chaqin took the medicine bowl in time and went out.

"If you are unfamiliar with the place, let Jing Fu follow you." Ji Lan stroked the jade pendant and tassels on her belt, "Come back earlier."

"If this happens again, I don't want to go." Tong Jiu reluctantly let go of Ji Lan's hand, and said, "You don't have to worry about the matter ahead, I'll go out and have a look, and I'll discuss it with you when I come back."

Accompanied by Jing Fu and his buddy Liang Bai, Tong Jiu and Yang Gu drove their horses along the business district by the canal.

Tong Jiu took off the crystal sunglasses, looked at the people on the other side of the canal, and the ferry boats coming and going, and asked Liang Baidao, "Why do the ferries only stop at the pier upstream?"

"Master, think about it. People will disembark wherever the ferry stops. This will definitely drive the business of the stores around the pier. Although the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, there are always some people who don't know about it." Liang Bai said, "Therefore, the ferry Stopped at the pier upstream, I think those ferry boats have collected money from those shops upstream."

"Oh, so that's the case." Tong Jiu asked again, "Do ordinary people still charge for the boat once they cross the river like this?"

"Naturally we have to collect it. Although it's not much, it can't keep up with the many people coming and going." Liang Bai said dissatisfied, "The bridge in front has been in disrepair for many years, and the imperial court refused to allocate this money. Several parents and officials have clamored for repairs. We ask for silver every year, but we don’t see any bricks and tiles being added to the bridge.”

"Being an official for thousands of miles is to eat and wear." Yang Gu listened, and smiled accustomedly, "Unfortunately, he set up a prestige to exploit you rich businessmen. What is he planning for this trip?"

"It's better for me to scatter the money into the river myself than to make them feel cheap for no apparent reason. The people who pick it up may still remember my kindness." Tong Jiu got off the horse, handed the reins to the boy, and followed Yang When Gu You wandered into the commercial street, the cries of peddlers and pawns could be heard endlessly.

Yanggu saw the salted duck egg seller stopped under the tree, looked at it with a little interest, and said, "Since I entered the customs, I feel that these foods are tasteless, why don't I buy some salted eggs and cut them open for food."

"My lord, these are the eggs laid by the authentic Huishan Lake shelducks, each with a red heart." After hearing this, the peddler hurriedly brought over the baskets, chatting up and selling them.

But Liang Bai who was accompanying him blocked him back, saying, "You can offend our master, go as you go."

While pulling Yang Gu and Tong Jiu to walk inside, Fang said, "Master Tong, you guys don't know, these dealers are just at the entrance of the commercial street under the banner of Huishan Lake Duck to deceive you passers-by from other places." people."

"Selling a duck's egg is like being cheated. What kind of world is this?" Yang Gu looked at the tree behind him with disgust.

"Who made our green duck eggs in Huishan Lake famous for their deliciousness?" Liang Bai said, "But they are all spoiled by these people. Master Tong wants to eat, so I'll take you to a shop." He led several people to go in, said "Just go in the alley in front, and the price is fair."

Sure enough, turning into an alley, I saw a shop specializing in aquatic duck products.No matter how far away you can hear ducks calling, the cages are full of live ducks for sale.

"Just go for the small ones." Liang Bai quickly ran over, and soon came out with a basket of duck eggs, stuffed them into the hands of Yanggu's servant, and said, "Keep them fresh."

"Well, you're a smart guy." Yang Gu and Tong Jiu walked in front and said in a good mood.

"It's just a basket of duck eggs." Tong Jiu shook his head helplessly, and joked, "It's worth your praise." But what he was thinking was completely different.

He waved at Liang Bai and said, "I remember you told me that our family's medicines are divided into secret and common medicines, and the common medicines are mostly used for nourishing health."

"Yes." Liang Bai replied respectfully,

"Then among the common medicines in our family, which one is still selling well, the medicine is simple, and the medicine is quick?" Tong Jiu continued to ask.

Liang Bai thought for a moment, and then replied, "If you want to say that the nourishing products on our cabinet are still selling well, they must be donkey-hide gelatin and deer pills. But in comparison, deer pills are faster than donkey-hide gelatin and sell well."

"There must be a duck for a duck egg, and a donkey for donkey-hide gelatin, so this deer pill must have a deer." Tong Jiu said to himself, and asked, "Where is our deer?"

"They're all enclosed in the yard next to the stables in the backyard." Liang Bai didn't understand what Tong Jiu meant, so he responded.

"Oh." Tong Jiu nodded knowingly, and continued walking without saying anything.

When he reached the precarious ancient bridge that Liang Bai had mentioned, Fang stopped to look at it for a while, and said, "It's time to repair it."

Besides, after taking the medicine, Ji Lan broke out in a fine sweat after taking a shower, and after taking a nap, she woke up feeling a bit more comfortable.

Shopkeeper Jiang lost his composure, and took the excuse of visiting a sick person to bring the accountant to the back to meet Ji Lan with a sad face.

Ji Lan listened to him talking about how Yu Hetang bought off those people on the ferry, solicited business for them, and how he spread rumors after the New Year. Are you there?"

"What's the matter?" Shopkeeper Jiang, who was interrupted to complain, obviously asked angrily.

"Master, shopkeeper." The boy outside the door came in and reported back, "The deer in the backyard ran out!"

"What? How did you run away!" Shopkeeper Jiang was shocked when he heard it, and asked impatiently, "Did you send someone to arrest him?"

"Yes, it's Lord Jiu." The boy said, looking at Ji Lan's face, "I said I wanted to see the pharmaceutical deer, but I've never seen it before. But the fence was just opened, and there were a few firecrackers from somewhere. It startled the herd of deer, and all twenty or so ran out, and they couldn't be stopped."

"Is Master Jiu hurt?" Ji Lan put down the tea bowl in his hand and asked.

"That's not true." The boy replied.

"This, this...!" Shopkeeper Jiang paced back and forth for two steps, with an aggrieved look on his face.

Ji Lan said to the boy, "It's almost time to catch them, you go."

The boy looked at Shopkeeper Jiang and retreated.

At this time, Tong Jiu came straight in from the outside, took out two green duck eggs from the sleeve with a smile, and placed them in front of Ji Lan's case.

He drank a few more sips of Jilan's tea before he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I just went out for a stroll, and Yi Xian bought them on the street. They said they were duck eggs from Huishan Lake. They are good for dinner. See if you are cute."

Ji Lan cleared her throat, and Tong Jiu turned her head to look at the gloomy shopkeeper Jiang and the accountant standing beside her.

So he sat down and said, "I heard that the deer pills on our cabinet are made directly after slaughtering live deer. I haven't seen it yet. When will I make it again? Let me have a look?"

As soon as the words fell, shopkeeper Jiang raised his eyebrows, and thought, this little ancestor just let go of the live deer, and when he turned his face, he wanted to watch the deer slaughtered. Isn't this messing around and messing around!

Thinking about it, he hurriedly looked at Ji Lan, but Ji Lan smiled gently, and said slowly, "Shopkeeper Jiang, since Master Jiu wants to see it, when those deer are caught, I will make one to open the eyes of Master Jiu."

Watching shopkeeper Jiang and the cashier go out, Tong Jiu smiled and flipped through the ledger they just sent, and said in a deep voice, "It's not difficult to solve Yangzhengtang's difficulties in Jining today, I'm afraid it will cost some money."

"Money." Ji Lan got up, pointed to the account book, and said, "In Jining, do I still spend less money?"

"Doing business is the same as sitting in the world. What you want is the hearts of the people." Tong Jiu looked at the amount of money in the account.

Thinking about it, "Look, the Healing Hall and those shops upstream bought the ferry boat to attract business for them, but the common people didn't get any benefit. Then why don't we just spend some money to bribe the common people."

"Bring off the common people?" Ji Lan was puzzled.

"Like the camel caravan outside Baotou Mansion, let's buy a few boats and hire some people to ferry them. We don't take any money from the people who cross the river, but the boats have to stop at the pier in front of our door." Tong Jiu said, "The store People are dead, but people are alive. In this way, there is no one in front of our door? There will always be one out of ten or hundreds of people who will come in to buy medicine."

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"This method is feasible." Ji Lan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Just ask someone to do it immediately."

Tong Jiu sat down and flipped through the ledger, took a breath of doubt, took the abacus on the table and dialed it, then paused with his hands in mid-air, staring at the ledger.

"What's the matter?" As for the account matters, Ji Lan is already used to being a hands-off shopkeeper, and Tong Jiu has always been checking the complicated accounts everywhere, and in the end she just looked at the numbers.

"Only last year, just donated more than 30 taels to the government in Jining!" Tong Jiu counted again, and said in surprise, "What kind of money was donated, and where did it go? went?"

"That's why I said that in Jining, I spent a lot of money." Ji Lan thought that what she was doing was for those donations, and said, "Jining controls Jianghuai in the south and Beijing and Tianjin in the north. It has been water transport since ancient times. The fortress. The money donated is naturally more than other places, and the name is presumably to control the canal and dredge the river."

"You are generous. The 30 taels is the income of the Jining semicolon for two seasons. After removing the labor expenses, we have nothing left." Tong Jiu closed the account book annoyed, and was too lazy to do the calculations, and said, "Scatter the money. I don't know who is cheaper."

Seeing her awkward look, Ji Lan laughed, and said, "Opening a pharmacy is not a quick and profitable business like a bank account. Who said just now that doing business needs the hearts of the people. But when it comes to donating money, it's really Can't figure it out? Who spent this money is a matter for the court, but whether to donate or not is up to us."

Seeing that her eyebrows were still frowned, Ji Lan couldn't help but stretched out her hand to caress her brows lovingly, and said, "Okay, we are businessmen, we can't be the masters of the court. Only by practicing more self-discipline, doing good deeds and giving benefits, can we win the trust of the people." , and then seek to benefit the people.”

Tong Jiu put his arms around Ji Lan's waist and said, "I seldom hear you say these things."

"It's nothing to say." Ji Lan was hugged by Tong Jiu like this, her upper body center of gravity was a little unstable, so her hands naturally lightly tugged on Tong Jiu's ears, causing her to look up at herself, and said, "It's all about human effort. "

"Really?" Tong Jiu looked at the beautiful lips in front of her, raised the corners of her mouth, and asked playfully, her hands tightened a bit.

"Isn't it?" Ji Lan raised his eyebrows and lowered his head knowingly.

"Boss!" Just as the two were close at hand, they were interrupted by a sudden voice from the door, and the two subconsciously separated quickly.

It seemed that the guy was Liang Bai, Tong Jiu cleared his throat, pretending to be calm and said, "What's the matter?" Then he got up and walked towards the door.

"We've almost found all the deer, and we're carrying them back. Didn't you order them to come back to support you?" Liang Bai felt that he had seen something he shouldn't have seen, and quickly looked down at the toe of his shoe, and said anxiously .

"Go, go out and have a look." Seeing that he was still stuck at the door, Tong Jiu pulled him again, and said, "Let's go." After speaking, he walked out quickly, and Liang Bai hurriedly trotted out to follow.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw the gate was open, and the guys tied the deer legs upside down with wooden sticks, and carried them in one by one.

"So lively?" Tong Jiu asked, hearing the noise of people outside the courtyard.

"All these sika deer rushed out with a 'huh', scurrying all over the streets and alleys. We chased the farthest ones to the edge of the canal before catching up. No one in Jining City has ever seen such a posture." Liang Bobby stroked and said, "We all followed to watch the excitement."

Tong Jiu glanced at the door and saw that there were a lot of people watching the excitement. He whispered a few words to Liang Bai, then turned to a boy and said, "Go to the shop and call the master who cuts the medicine and let him They also brought the tools for making Shikamaru."

"Everyone, young and old, please stop! Let me say a few words." Liang Bai stood on the steps, bowed his hands to the people watching in front of Yangzheng Hall, and said loudly, "Just now these deer ran out madly and disturbed everyone. Neighbors, it is the negligence of our small shop. I am here on behalf of our owner, and I will make amends to everyone first." He said solemnly and bowed deeply to everyone.

His bow made many people who were about to leave aroused their interest and stopped, and the people in the distance gradually gathered around.

"This deer was originally used in the whole deer pills made by the small shop. Our boss said that since this deer disturbed everyone, we should apologize. Therefore, we slaughtered it in front of everyone and used it as medicine. Immediately made whole deer pills and distributed them to everyone present , to express my apology!" Liang Bai shouted at the top of his voice.

When everyone heard that there was such a good thing, everyone clapped their hands and applauded, and the front of the door was even more lively.

"Everyone, don't squeeze, let alone rush!" Seeing people rushing up the steps, Liang Bai hurriedly said, "Our Yangzhengtang is a century-old brand, and the owner is very loyal. He said that everyone who sees him will have a share. can get it.”

At this time, the boys moved out the table, and the master who cut the medicine and made the medicine set them up one by one with the tools, and another guy lifted the deer and put it on the table, and then began to slaughter.

Accompanied by the sound of deer crowing, Liang Bai said to everyone, "I have been an apprentice in Yangzhengtang for ten years, and I have learned some medicinal properties and pharmacology, so let me tell you about the efficacy of this whole deer pill, okay?"

Everyone naturally agreed, Liang Bai cleared his throat and said, "Everyone in the village knows that the reason why our Yangzhengtang has survived for a hundred years is that it is genuine and authentic medicinal materials. This medicine is used to cure diseases and save lives. When it comes to Tongcao and Mabo, they must be carefully selected and carefully selected, and they must not be sloppy at all, don’t you think?”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Liang Bai continued, "For the whole deer pills, the fresh sika deer alone should be used as the top, and the meat, horns, antlers, kidneys, and tails should be taken. Then add ginseng and angelica. , Eucommia, Schisandra, Cistanche and more than [-] herbs can be made."

He also saw Liang Bai picking up the herbs to be used as medicine and showing them to everyone, saying, "It's not good if this Poria cocos is not from Cangshan Mountain in Erhai Lake in Yunnan, but this eucommia must be from Sichuan, and this angelica From Shanxi, the most worth mentioning is this ginseng, which was obtained by our master when he went to Changbai Mountain through the Mongolian grasslands outside the pass.”

Tong Jiu listened to him chanting words in front of him in the door, speaking clearly and logically, and paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands in peace.Occasionally, I glanced outside the door, and I saw that everyone was listening and watching with their eyes wide open, very focused.Nodding in satisfaction, she knew very well that as soon as Quan Luwan was released today, the rumors about Yangzhengtang's counterfeit medicine would naturally be resolved.

Let's talk about the main hall behind.

"Boss, I wanted to tell you as soon as you came, you shouldn't let my uncle play around like this!" Shopkeeper Jiang couldn't bear it anymore.

It turned out that the shopkeeper Jiang had not been back for a long time, and before he could sit still, he heard that Tong Jiu was going to slaughter deer pharmaceuticals in the street.As soon as he spoke, a guy came over to carry the table and utensils out.So, he hurried to the back to report to Ji Lan.

Ji Lan was playing chess against the chess record, and when he heard him making noise again, he dismissed the others.After settling down, he said flatly, "Shopkeeper Jiang thinks Master Jiu is ashamed?"

"Boss, Second Aunt, please go ahead and see what's going on!" Shopkeeper Jiang said dissatisfied.

Ji Lan looked up at him, put down the chess record in his hand, and said, "Master Jiang, you don't really think that Master Jiu has never seen a deer, do you? Or do you think she loves to join in the excitement of Yangzhengtang!"

"It's embarrassing to be a pharmacy in the street, so Yangzhengtang can't continue to open in Jining, isn't it shameful to close it and leave?" Ji Lan reprimanded and asked in a low voice, "You are also the old shopkeeper of Yangzhengtang. I, Ama, handed over such a prosperous shop to you. You, a few rumors in the Healing Hall have caused this situation today."

Seeing shopkeeper Jiang being speechless when asked, Ji Lan said mercilessly, "Our Fucha family asked the shopkeeper to assist the shopkeeper and gather ideas to manage the shop. Ask for trouble."

"People say our medicines are fake, so why don't you just let them know if our medicines are genuine?" Facing the pedantic stubbornness and passivity of the older shopkeepers, Ji Lan let out a sigh of relief.

Helplessly, he said earnestly, "Business must be done with an open door after all. You don't have to always focus on the petty profits in front of you. Even if all these twenty or so deer are killed, how much is it worth? Compared with Yang Zhengtang's century-old reputation, Which is more important, can't you tell?"

"What the boss said is true." Shopkeeper Jiang said sullenly for a long time, "I am short-sighted."

"You don't have to blame yourself, after all, young people are more intelligent." Ji Lan thought that shopkeeper Jiang was an old shopkeeper, and there was hard work without credit, so he said a few words of comfort and comfort, and sent him out in person.

Besides, Quanlu pills were distributed on the front door, and the people dispersed until it was time to light the lamps.

Seeing Liang Bai, who spoke so bluntly and hoarsely, came in, Tong Jiu sent him to buy a ferry and hire a ferryman.

"Boss, you are really a charity businessman. I will kowtow to you on behalf of the common people in Jining." Liang Bai was very moved when he heard that Tong Jiu wanted to take the ferry for free, and he said in a hoarse voice that he wanted to worship.

"All right, all right, what are you praying for? I also have selfish intentions." Tong Jiu stopped his big gift, and said, "Since the show is about to start, it's important to finish it all in one go."

"Master, don't worry, I'll do it right away." Liang Bai nodded, cupped his hands, and went out.

It so happened that Hongxiao invited Tong Jiu to have dinner at the back.

Tong Jiuxing hurried into the side hall, and smelled the aroma of the food no matter how far away he was, and when he got closer, he saw that the few side dishes on the dining table were very delicate, they should be local specialties, and they felt fresh.

Since she had just entered the door, Ji Lan looked at her with smiling eyes, seeing the novelty on her face at the side dishes on the table at the moment, either looking at this or that, and said, "If you don't sit down and eat while it's hot, why don't you eat it while it's still hot?" Want to meet again?"

Tong Jiu sat down with a smile, held the chopsticks and said, "I'm really hungry after tossing around all day. Walking on the boat, it's not as comfortable as eating like this."

Fu Chaqin came in with a warm wine pot, sent it to Tong Jiu, and said, "Jiuye, the freshly warmed green leaves."

"What day is it today? Good food and wine." Tong Jiu looked at Ji Lan in surprise, smiled politely at Fu Chaqin, and said, "Don't bother me, I'll drink it myself."

"Fortunately, there are no outsiders, otherwise people will think that I neglect you in ordinary times, and you need to read the almanac after drinking a cup of green tea." Ji Lan was obviously in a good mood, and joked with her, and continued to drink the soup sullenly.

Tong Jiu took a sip of Luyin Chen, nodded and said, "I know it even if you don't tell me, it's Madam rewarding me."

"Eat well." Jilan soup was almost finished, and said, "I just want you to taste it, this greenery is more authentic than our Yangzhengtang."

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After dinner, Tong Jiu got drunk and was a little sleepy.

"I've been bored all day, and I thought about going out for a walk after dinner." Ji Lan looked at Tong Jiu who was yawning several times, and said gently, "If you're so sleepy, why don't you go to sleep earlier."

"It's rare that you are interested, how can you live up to it." Tong Jiu got up after hearing this, and said, "Besides, I just finished eating, so I can sleep as soon as possible. After a long time, it will become a dead bag."

Therefore, Fu Chaqin served Ji Lan dressed neatly and put on a cloak.Hong Xiao, Jing Fu and others also followed, and the group of five headed towards the canal.

The night wind is cool, and wisps of spring breeze, mixed with the moisture of the river, blow past.

Sitting on the horseback, Ji Lan nestled in Tong Jiu's arms, looked up at the dots of stars in the sky, and heard the green breath of the person behind her, so close and so real.

Feeling a little sinking in front of her, Tong Jiu tightly held Ji Lan's hand, turned her head slightly to look at her, and said, "Why did you come out, so sleepy?"

"Where is it so sleepy? When the night is quiet and the heart is calm, people will naturally be quiet." Ji Lan had the tone of a little girl, and she gently rubbed Tong Jiu's cheek with her jade ear while the horse's back was swaying.

Hearing the heavy breathing of the person behind him, followed by a sore throat, he pushed her back with his shoulder and said, "Ask you something serious."

"What?" Tong Jiu cleared his throat, slightly opened the distance between the two of them, and sat down.

"Have you ever thought about opening a sub-colon of Jiahui Zhengsheng in Jining?" Ji Lan looked into the distance, and could vaguely see the lights of the boatmen berthing at night on the canal pier.

"I just came here, I haven't taken care of these yet." Tong Jiu thought for a while and said truthfully.

"Well, that's true." Ji Lan said, "It's also agreed, you will take care of Huizhengsheng outside the customs, and I will take care of the inside of the customs."

"If you think about it, Jining is the capital of the canal and the fortress along the merchants. It will be a matter of time before our ticket number comes over." Tong Jiu said affirmatively.

"In your opinion, where is the best place to drive?" Ma walked along the business district where Tong Jiu went to the canal during the day.

"Of course it would be more appropriate to open in this commercial area along the river and near the wharf, but a good place like this is very expensive, and the shops are very tight. I'm afraid there is nothing suitable for a while." Tong Jiu also followed Ji Lan looked at the closed shops.

"I think that shop is pretty good." Ji Lanyang pointed and said.

Tong Jiu looked at it, "Oh, isn't that the Healing Hall?"

"The pharmacy is not suitable to be opened in such a bustling and noisy place, lest you get distracted and take the wrong medicine, it will kill you." Ji Lan smiled and said, "After walking for a while, I feel a little cold, let's go back .”

The next day, early in the morning, Liang Bai came.

It turned out that he went downstream by water all night to hire a few ferrymen, and bought some broken boats in the boat market. He came to find Tong Jiu on business.

"Madam, the man surnamed Liang wants to see Lord Jiu." Hearing that there was no summons from inside, Fu Chaqin looked at the time and said in a low voice to the door of the inner room with warm water.

Not long after, hearing noises inside, Ji Lan came out wearing a coat and lifted the curtain, and said in a low voice, "Jiu Ye was tired yesterday and hasn't woken up yet. Just let him do something." Then he took Fu Chaqin's hand. Handed warm water, rinsed mouth.

"Sister, ma'am?" Ji Lan had just spit out the mouthwash, when he heard a loud voice from the door, "Madam, I'm back!" Who would it be if it wasn't Fuchami who rushed back from Texas.

"Keep your voice down, Master Jiu hasn't woken up yet." Fu Chaqin grabbed his carefree younger sister, scolded her, and looked at Ji Lan in embarrassment.

"Go wash and change your clothes first, come and have breakfast together later." Ji Lan looked at the dusty Fuchami, and didn't mean to blame him.

"When is this, he can't afford it..." Fuchami was dragged out by her sister before she could finish speaking disapprovingly.

"Aji..." Tong Jiu's voice came from the inner room, "Ma'am?" Ji Lan took the rest of the warm water into it.

Tong Jiu sat sleepily on the head of the bed, yawned, took the water Ji Lan sent and gulped it down, and after drinking it, she remembered that it should be for rinsing her own mouth, and smiled at Ji Lan, a little Embarrassed, he said, "I actually forgot."

"Just now that Liang Bai came to look for you, I sent him down." Ji Lan called Hong Xiao to come in.

"Is it about the ferry going back and forth?" Tong Jiu put on his shoes and got off the boat, and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"What kind of big deal is this? Do you still need to do it yourself?" Ji Lan sat in front of the dressing table and said, "It takes three days to burn the jade, and it takes seven years to identify the talent. Since you want to reuse him, you can Use him first."

"You think he's good too, don't you?" Tong Jiu was washing his face in front of the copper basin, and asked with a smile on his face when he heard Ji Lan say this.

"He has similar qualities to yours, young, hardworking, and smart," Ji Lan said.

"Sister Hong, did you notice? Madam has been praising me a lot lately." Tong Jiu wiped her face, sat beside Ji Lan proudly, and said to Hong Xiao who was about to braid her hair behind her.

Hong Xiao didn't raise her eyes, just looked at her hair, "I'm hoping that some people will be as clear as these days, thank God."

On the same day, Yangzhengtang’s free ferry fleet started to operate, and Fuchami also came back. Jilan asked people to put up a notice on the ferry for Yangzhengtang’s free consultation.

As a result, the long street at the downstream pier in front of Yangzhengtang is as lively as a market in an instant.

Besides, upstream, not only the ferry was empty, but even the streets were deserted.

Tong Jiu, who had enough breakfast, went to the pier downstream and looked at some dilapidated boats with big red flowers and the flag of Yangzhengtang on them, and the ferrymen were also wearing the livery of Yangzhengtang.

Calling Liang Bai, he said suspiciously, "This is the boat you bought? Why don't you buy some new ones."

"Boss, I think so. You see, once our free ferry fleet starts, those ferry boats upstream will be in danger in a short time. At that time, we can buy their boats at a low price, and then Hire them to ferry us." Liang Bai explained.

"Then I don't understand. Are these people wrong? Why hire those people." Tong Jiu looked upstream.

"Those people have lived on ferry for several generations. It has been many years, and they have become familiar with the way of the Lord. And if we do this, it will inevitably worsen their resentment. I am afraid that there will be more troubles in the future. We are doing a good deed. Wouldn't it be even better if they could be used by us willingly?" Liang Bai said.

Tong Jiu nodded approvingly after hearing this, and when he was thinking about it, he heard a passer-by say, "I heard that Yuhehetang sold fake medicines and killed people."

Tong Jiu looked back at the passers-by in surprise, and said to Liang Bai, "What did they just say?"

"I'll go and have a look right now, you wait for my reply." Liang Bai said and walked quickly towards the upstream pier.

After a cup of tea, Liang Bai ran back, and Tong Jiu was watching Hong Xiao and Hua Jingfu feeding the pigeons in the yard.

"Boss, the Healing Hall was sealed by the government, and people were also arrested." Liang Bai said out of breath, "I heard that they sold medicine that used jackal bones as tiger bones, and some said it used dog bones. If people eat badly, people come to look for it, but they don’t recognize it.”

"Come on, sit down and talk slowly." Seeing him running away sweating, Tong Jiu pulled the long bench beside him for him.

"Thank you, Master." Liang Bai sat down and said, "It just so happened that we gave Quanluwan pills yesterday, and they said that there were deer in Yangzhengtang's deer pills. You sell tiger bone pills, but do you have tiger or tiger bones? Take it out and identify it. Self-knowledge is true and false.”

Tong Jiu nodded, "That's the reason."

He also heard Liang Bai say, "But Healing Hall refuses to take out tiger bones, and the other party is not a good person, so they want to smash the store to pick up their signs. If Healing Hall is not willing, even if the staff beat them out. The result was early this morning. , the other family went to sue the officials, saying that the boy was beaten to death by the people from the Healing Hall."

"If someone dies, the shop must be closed and arrested." Tong Jiu sighed.

"It is said that the opponent is a bannerman, and has some power in the military. If it is an ordinary person, the government will not be so quick even if they intervene." Liang Bai replied.

"Banner man..." Tong Jiu pondered for a moment, recalling what Ji Lan said by the canal last night, while letting Liang Bai go down, he asked Hong Xiao next to him, "What do you think Ma'am?" Did you go for a walk last night?"

After feeding the pigeons, Hong Xiao patted the rice crumbs on her hands, and said leisurely, "Are you running a ferry fleet to ferry people across the river?

Tong Jiu was about to go inside, when Hong Xiao said, "Madam took Sister Qin out."

Tong Jiu paced back and forth in the yard a few times, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became.

Seeing that the pigeons were almost fed, Jing Fu stuffed the rice bowl in Tong Jiu's arms and said, "You can ask about the rice." After speaking, he pulled Hong Xiao away.

"Rice?" Tong Jiu looked down at the rice in the rice bowl, and suddenly said, "Yes, I can ask Xiaomi." He asked people to go to the front and call Fuchami in.

"What's the matter, I'm busy ahead." Fuchami said perfunctorily to Tong Jiu.

"Oh, I'm just asking, how did things in Texas end up?" Tong Jiu asked her to sit down.

"I just came back, so Madam went to Dezhou with Manager Jiang to take over the Dezhou branch." Fu Chami said, "That Zhou Jingtang told the truth, because the family was in urgent need of money, so we took our ginseng. , tiger bones, and deer antlers were exchanged for a batch and sold privately to your good family."

"Whose family?" Tong Jiu raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, the Healing Hall in Jining." Realizing that he had said something wrong, Fuchami rolled his eyes.

He argued, "In the first place, Madam gave them so many benefits, isn't it because of you, Master Jiu, they don't care what they say, and they come to use these crooked ideas to entrap our family's business."

Then he said to Tong Jiu, "Fortunately, Master Jiu didn't turn his elbow outward this time."

Tong Jiu didn't have the same knowledge as her, and asked, "What did the madam and your sister do?"

"I went to see the shop." Fuchami said truthfully, "Madam wants to drive Huizheng to Jining."

It turned out that the shop of the Healing Hall was not their own property, but was rented from others.Now that the seal has been sealed, how can the landlord who can have a property in that land tolerate such a thing, and go to the yamen after hearing the news.

The government had no choice but to remove the seal again, ordering the people in the Healing Hall to vacate the shop immediately.

As a result, Hehe Tang got into a lawsuit in Jining, and had to shut down Zhang and take off the brand.

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<Extra one>

In other words, the incident happened in the study of the Han family on a dark and windy night.

Tong Jiu came out of the shower and walked to the bed, looking at Ji Lan's clothes on the couch, leaning on the cloth tiger pillow, idly holding a yellowed ancient book in his hand.There was only a thin jacket draped over the shoulders, revealing the little orchid-colored clothes inside, and an orchid embroidered on it was vaguely in bloom, incomparably blooming.

Tong Jiu's heart flickered to see the gods, there was a trace of sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose, and his breath became heavier, and he didn't know how long he was standing on the bedside foolishly.

"Are you still asleep?" Ji Lan flipped through the book, seeing her in bed for a long time, closed the book, yawned and looked up to call her.

"Oh." After recovering from her senses, Tong Jiu didn't dare to look at Ji Lan again, and frantically tugged on the cloak that was draped around her body, but it became a knot.

"Let me do it. With this kind of tugging, how carefully can I strangle myself to death." Ji Lan sat up lightly, and leaned in front of Tong Jiu, the Shuiyue jacket on her shoulders slipped onto the bed as she got up.

Looking at Ji Lan who was only wearing a small dress in front of her, she was crescent-colored, and her exquisite curves were faintly visible under the small dress, which made Tong Jiu miss a beat, her eyes widened instantly, her breath was hot, flushed.

Just as he was thinking wildly, his neck loosened, and the belt of the cloak was loosened by Ji Lan.There was a chill on her back, and she couldn't help shivering.

"Ah, Azi....