My life skills in Daming Liver

Su Ze followed the long queue and walked to the Huimin Pharmacy. He only saw Huang Tiju, the pharmacy he had seen last time, and two Minzhuangs maintaining order. Huang Tiju's son was guarding a cauldron and was feeding Customers queuing up to make sour plum soup.

Seeing Su Ze at a glance, Huang Tiju quickly put down his work, and enthusiastically dragged Su Ze to Huimin Pharmacy.

Huang Tiju gave a long bow, and said emotionally, "Thank you for the gift!"

Su Ze didn't expect that the sour plum soup was selling so well. He only saw a fire in the decoction room at the back of Huimin Pharmacy, and Huang Tiju recruited two new apprentices to cook the soup behind.

Huang Tiju said with a red face: "After Engong gave Fang, Mr. Fang bought pots and utensils. From the beginning, he gave soup at the door for free according to Engong's instructions."

"At the beginning, people heard that it was just ordinary soup, and no one came to queue. Later, Mr. Fang came up with a way to attract street children to queue with sweet soup, and it became popular the next day."

"On the third day, people who had drunk sour plum soup came to line up one after another. If Mr. Fang hadn't invited the people from the government office to maintain order, the pharmacy would have been shut down that day."

Su Ze was not surprised by this result. Sour plum soup has been popular for hundreds of years, and it can still be seen in a modern society with abundant supplies, which is enough to see the vitality of this drink.

Sugar itself is very popular in this era. Although Huimin Pharmacy does not put much sugar, this rare sweetness has already made children flock to it.

After Su Ze's free marketing tactics, the sour plum soup gained a good reputation in Nanping County, and the business naturally improved.

Huang Tiju is really grateful to Su Ze now. With the sour plum soup recipe provided by Su Ze, Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau can get more than ten taels of silver into the account every day.

After excluding the cost and labor, as well as the share given to Fang Ruolan and Su Ze, there are five or six taels of silver in hand.

This was unimaginable in the previous Huimin Pharmacy!

And relying on this income, Huang Tiju recruited apprentices after many years, and also supplemented some medicinal materials in Huimin Pharmacy, and finally he was able to treat the common people.

The popularity of sour plum soup has also made some people who really can't afford to go to private clinics come to Huimin Pharmacy to try their luck.

For these common people, Huang Tiju tried his best to prescribe cheap medicines, and he didn't make any money from the medicinal materials. The medical service of Huimin Pharmacy was also getting better and better.

Huang Tiju knew that all of this was due to Su Ze, and he didn't regret Fang Ruolan's proposal to give Su Ze a dividend at this time. He carefully took out a cloth bag from the back room, handed it to Su Ze and said:

"Eunuch, this is a dividend for you."

Dividends?

Su Ze saw the black shattered silver in the cloth bag (the silver in circulation on the market will not be white), and weighed it, it turned out to be nearly twenty taels.

Su Ze said in surprise, "I didn't ask for any dividends when I prescribed the prescription."

Huang Tiju immediately said: "This is the main distribution of Mr. Fang to you. This is 20% of the profit of the pharmacy's drinks some time ago. I was going to send you to the county school after the market is closed today. Isn't it just right that you are here?" ?”

Su Ze didn't expect that the woman in brocade clothes who disguised herself as a man turned out to be a fastidious person, and even made up her own mind to give Su Ze a dividend.

Anyway, Fang Zi came up with it himself, and Su Ze accepted it with a smile.

"Huang Tiju, this sour plum soup is selling well, how about herbal tea?"

Huang Tiju said embarrassingly: "Grandfather, the herbal tea is really not selling, so Mr. Fang took the initiative to remove the counter of herbal tea."

After saying this, Huang Jiechi took a peek at Su Ze.

Su Ze was not unhappy, but asked, "Why can't the herbal tea be sold?"

Huang Tiju said: "The herbal tea tastes bitter, even adding sugar can't cover up the bitterness, and the common people are not used to drinking it. Moreover, it is used to clear away heat and detoxify, and ordinary people don't need to use it to clear away heat and detoxify."

Su Ze understood now that he had made an empirical mistake.

The reason why herbal tea sells well in modern society is because many people eat meat every meal, and after three meals, they also have a barbecue supper or something. Naturally, they need to drink herbal tea to clear away heat and detoxify.

Barbecue restaurants and hot pot restaurants sell the best herbal teas. Maybe they are not selling herbal teas, but healthy indulgences, holy water to dissolve greasy food. As for whether high-sugar canned herbal teas have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, that is God only knows.

But in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people could not eat much meat all year round, and there was no demand for clearing away heat and detoxification at all.

There is no health-preserving effect, but the sour-sweet sour plum soup is the favorite of ordinary Ming people.

Su Ze reminded himself to remember this lesson, and he said to Huang Tiju, "I didn't think about it clearly, it was a waste of Huang Tiju's medicinal materials."

"Where is the benefactor, sour plum soup has saved Huimin Pharmacy! We father and son should thank you very much!"

After saying this, Huang Tiju was about to kneel down again, Su Ze helped him up and said, "Don't be too polite, but I happen to have two things that I would like to trouble Tiju with."

"Benefactor, just say it!"

Su Ze took out the list of medicinal herbs in his pocket, handed it to Huang Tiju and said, "The first thing is that our Changning Guard needs to buy some medicinal materials, but there is no way out, so please ask Huang Tiju for help."

Huang Tiju picked up the list of medicinal materials, saw that there were some common medicinal materials on it, and immediately said: "It's easy to say, I will prepare these medicinal materials for you in the next two days, and have them sent to Changningwei!"

Su Ze was overjoyed when he heard that, he didn't expect to have such a good relationship after writing two prescriptions before.

There are many varieties of medicinal materials, and the difference in quality is large, so it is difficult for those who are not knowledgeable to understand.

With Huang Tiju's help, Su Ze can start liver medicine skills when he returns to Changningwei.

He quickly pulled it into his arms and said, "Please also provide an estimate of the price, and I will give you the order."

Huang Tiju quickly grabbed his hand and said: "What is Engong talking about? These are some worthless herbs. You just take them. If you need anything else, just talk to the little old man!"

In the end, Su Ze used the [Valuation] skill to roughly estimate the price, and he just left three taels of silver.

Su Ze took out his pocket again, revealed the rock sugar and said, "This is the rock sugar made by our Changningwei, do you want it from the pharmacy?"

Huang Tiju took out the rock sugar, saw the slightly yellowed rock sugar, and said, "Grandfather, this is too expensive to use in sour plum soup. Let me ask Mr. Fang if you want it, how about it?"

Su Ze thought about it for a while. Ordinary people who bought sour plum soup must not be able to drink rock candy. That Mr. Fang should be quite powerful in the county. Maybe she can eat these rock candies.

Su Ze nodded, Huang Tiju asked his son to make sour plum soup in six bamboo tubes, and Su Ze left Huimin Pharmacy.

In the magistrate's yamen, Fang Zhifu was discussing matters with the judge, a servant came out from the back house with a tea bowl and handed it to Fang Zhifu.

Looking at the dark brown herbal tea in the tea bowl, Fang Zhifu pinched his nose and drank it reluctantly.

Liu Tongpan is a very discerning official who is best at figuring out what he wants. In modern terms, he is an old licking dog in the workplace. Since Fang Zhifu took office, he has licked the new magistrate very comfortably. close deputy.

"Master Mingfu is not feeling well? You are the parents of the people of Yanping Mansion, you must not work too hard and hurt your body!"

Liu Tong judged "sincerely", wishing to persuade Fang Zhifu to go back to the back house and lie down now.

Fang Zhifu waved his hand and said: "It's nothing to worry about, it's just a few days ago I got a bit of cold, and my teeth hurt a little, this is my daughter's herbal tea, it's ready after drinking it yesterday, but my daughter is not at ease, insisting on me Drink for a day."

Liu Tongpan was half-flattering and half-sincere and said: "The daughter of the Fuzun family has a heart of benevolence and filial piety, which is really the envy of my subordinates."

Filial daughter? hehe.

Fang Zhifu felt that his daughter was using herself to test the effect of herbal tea, but it was not easy to make a fool of herself in front of her subordinates.

Fang Zhifu just said vaguely: "I don't know where she got the prescription, but after drinking it for a day, it really doesn't hurt her teeth."

Liu Tongpan was also troubled by toothache. Hearing what Fang Zhifu said, he immediately said: "Master Mingfu, can you give me a copy of the prescription? To be honest, my subordinate's tooth hurts these days."

Liu Tongpan immediately said again: "But the prescription is from the young lady of the family. I heard that your love likes to read. I have a rare book of Song Dynasty here in exchange for this prescription for toothache."

Compared with Su Ze, this Liu Tongjuan gift-giving skill is at least Lv10.

Fang Zhifu's eyes lit up when he heard the rare book of Song Dynasty.

The so-called rare books refer to those ancient engraved books that have good school journals, good binding, long history, little circulation, and have academic and historical value.

Ming people love to collect books, and the first-class books are naturally Qin and Han bamboo slips and Han and Tang manuscripts.

But those are all top-notch antiques, and ordinary people can't afford them except for the royal family and the top civil servants.

Due to the popularization of woodblock printing technology in the Song Dynasty, it was easier to disseminate books than in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there were also official and private bookstores specializing in printing books, so the Song Dynasty had the most ancient books.

Ordinary officials and scholars tended to collect books that were better printed and preserved in the Song Dynasty.

Fang Zhifu is also a good reader, he agreed immediately after hearing it.

Calling for the personal servant, Fang Zhifu coughed and said, "Did you hear that just now? Tell Miss, let her transcribe the prescription to Liu Tongjuan."

After a while, the boy came back with two bamboo tubes.

He knelt and held up the bamboo tube and said: "Master, Miss said that the back kitchen has boiled a large pot of herbal tea, and Mr. Tong San can just take it and drink it. If you want more tomorrow, the mansion can send someone to Tong San's mansion. "

Fang Zhifu was a little displeased, but thinking of his precious daughter's temper, he had no choice but to say: "What the little girl said is also reasonable. I saw her tinkering with me for a few days to cure my toothache. I guess the prescription is quite complicated. Since there is For the herbal tea that has been brewed, Liu Tong judges you to take it back and drink it."

Liu Tongpan was not angry at all, but said cheerfully: "It's still the daughter of the Ming family who is thoughtful! It also saves the trouble of making medicine for the subordinates, just trouble the daughter."

"The rare books of the Song Dynasty will be sent to you when I go back."

After saying this, Liu Tongpan left the magistrate's yamen with the bamboo tube in hand.

Fang Ruolan was still working tirelessly to promote herbal tea, Su Ze led the horse to the county school, and the county school at this moment was much more orderly than when he came up.

The messy carriages at the door dispersed, Su Ze greeted the door, and led the horse into the county school.

The students from Yanping Academy and Fufu are still there, but unlike last time, these students are in a hurry instead of gathering in twos and threes to brag and chat like they did last time, which makes Su Ze very puzzled.

You must know that the students of Yanping Academy and the students of the prefecture are basically scholars, which means that young people with the highest education in Yanping prefecture gather in a small county school, which should be as chaotic as the later universities.

The county school was like this last time. Students gathered in groups of three or four to talk or debate with each other, making the whole county school as noisy as a vegetable market.

But today the atmosphere of the county school is completely different, the students are all frowning, carrying their books in a hurry, no one is talking on the side of the road.

Could it be that Hai Rui did it? Impossible, Hai Rui is only a county school instruction, how can he manage the students of the academy and the government.

Su Ze arrived at the dormitory with doubts. Chen Chaoyuan, who lives in the county, had already arrived at the dormitory first. After the two exchanged pleasantries, Su Ze couldn't help asking:

"Brother Chen, why is the atmosphere in the county school so weird today? What happened?"

Chen Chaoyuan said with a smile: "Recently, there is a grand event in the literary world in our Nanping County, and the students in the entire county school are holding back their energy."

"What literary event?"

"Chen Shanchang of Yanping Academy has a friend who traveled to this county. This gentleman is also a person who is famous in the literary world. Since he is a literati, he naturally wants to do some elegant things in the literary world."

Su Ze understood what Chen Chaoyuan meant, probably Chen Shanzhang invited some great Confucianism to give lectures.

But what does this have to do with ordinary readers?

Chen Chaoyuan continued: "The new Mr. Tuohu is a well-known temperament master in China, and he is especially good at teaching opera troupes. This time, Mr. Tuohu, who is a scholar in the literary world, took out three isolated books of the Song Dynasty as a prize, and asked all the scholars in the city to write one. Come out with a play."

"drama?"

Chen Chaoyuan nodded and said: "Mr. Tuohu said that both northern and southern operas and legendary operas are acceptable. The themes are not limited. If they win the first prize, Mr. Tuohu's troupe will directly rehearse the performance. I heard that Mr. Tuohu will continue to go south. If the troupe sings all the way, it will really be famous in the southeast!"

"It's a pity that I don't know the rhythm, otherwise I would like to participate."

Su Ze was stunned for a moment, isn't this a call for scripts? Are the cultural people of the Ming Dynasty playing so fancy?

However, the culture flourished in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and drama also got a huge development.

Northern opera, that is, Yuan Zaju, is a kind of repertoire that has flourished since the Yuan Dynasty. For example, the famous "Dou E's Injustice" is a Yuan Zaju, but the structure of Yuan Zaju is relatively high. It must have four folds, one wedge and one lead singer. Now it is gradually replaced by Southern Opera and Legendary Opera.

Among them, Nanxi is a drama that originated in Zhejiang. Its structure is more free than that of Zaju. On the basis of a single lead singer, "Binbai" (narration) is added to better express the plot.

The legendary opera is a long-form opera that combines the northern and southern operas. The genre is more free, and the length of the episodes varies, but the plot is more complete. Now it is very popular among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.

In some troupes rehearsing legendary plays, all the seats are packed as soon as the performance is over. When the climax is reached, some people throw gold and silver on the stage, and some people chase after the actors and treat them as honored guests, treated like contemporary stars.

Su Ze asked suspiciously: "Isn't opera banned in this dynasty? Why is this Mr. Tuohu openly soliciting operas?"

Chen Chaoyuan said with a smile: "As long as you don't humiliate the saints in the play, how can anyone ban the play? Today, Yan Ge's hometown still has a play troupe."

Well, it really is the ancestral motto of Daming Schrödinger.

Su Ze held his chin, opera?