Chapter 287

"This Xie family is truly formidable, to actually make these lychees retain this flavor for so long."

Da Niangzi Bai wiped her hands with a handkerchief, still wanting more.

"Da Niangzi, I heard before that if you put eggplant inside a winter melon, the eggplant won't spoil, and if you put kumquats in mung beans, they also won't spoil for a long time!"

As she spoke, Chang Mama carefully looked at the bamboo tube by the candlelight and said:

"Da Niangzi, looking at the color of this bamboo, it's possible that when the lychees were put inside, this bamboo was still alive. Look here, there should have been a hole before... sniff, sniff!"

"Mm, there's the fragrance of honey, and sugar..."

Da Niangzi Bai, who was to the side, turned to look at the curious Chang Mama and nodded:

"They put in the effort."

"If there's a chance, ask Sister Sun if our family can buy a share."

"By the way, these bamboo tubes must not be allowed to leak out!"

"Yes, Da Niangzi."

Quyuanjie,

arriving at the Mistress's courtyard,

Xu Zaijing looked curiously at the personal maids like Zhu Mama and Cuichan standing at the entrance outside the main hall.

"Is there no need for service inside?"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words,

Zhu Mama bowed and said: "The Mistress told us to come out."

Xu Zaijing nodded, lifted the curtain, and entered the room.

There was no one in the outer hall, and it was only after Xu Zaijing entered the inner room that he discovered his mother, the two sisters-in-law, and his sister were all sitting there.

In front of them was a cloth bag,

and his brother Zaizhang was holding a root-like object and looking at it curiously.

Xu Zaijing entered the room and bowed first: "Mother, the items have already been sent to the palace."

Sun Shi nodded and said: "Good! Jing'er, you come over and take a look too."

"These are the three carts of things your sister-in-law's family sent over later."

Xu Zaijing walked up, took it from his brother's hand, and examined it carefully by the candlelight.

After a while, Xu Zaijing said hesitantly: "Mother, is this ginger?"

"Sending three carts! Our relatives don't need to buy any!"

Xu Zaijing looked at the serious expressions of everyone in the room and stopped speaking sheepishly:

"What's wrong, Mother?"

"Eldest son's wife, you tell him."

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Xie Shi stood up, smiled at Xu Zaijing, and said:

"Little Five, this is not ginger!"

"Father said in his letter that the local mountain people call it 'Damu Jingxiu', and it is a divine herb in the mountains!"

"Last year, when Dai Ge'er was about to be born, Father and Mother were returning to the capital and saved a mountain person on the road who was originally a deserter from the Nong people."

"When they returned to Yongzhou, they received this item presented by the mountain person in gratitude."

Xu Zaijing blinked, looked at Xie Shi, then looked at the object in his hand and asked:

"Sister-in-law, so..."

Xie Shi smiled and said:

"Father said in his letter that he has already verified this item; whether chewed raw or ground into powder, it has miraculous effects in stopping bleeding!"

"Its other name is 'Gold Cannot Replace'!"

Xu Zaijing was startled and widened his eyes instantly.

Xie Shi continued:

"It is said that before, when the Nong people were at war with the Jiaozhi, the Nong soldiers would search in the mountains, hoping to find this item to carry on their person."

"That mountain person didn't die from a knife wound precisely because he had this item."

"Now that Yongzhou is relatively peaceful, Father knows that Father-in-law and Husband have frequent battles in the north, so he specially had these three carts brought to the capital."

Looking at his brother, Zaizhang's eyes were full of thoughts, both excited and puzzled.

Xu Zaijing then straightened his expression and said:

"Sister-in-law, this item is what should truly be sent into the palace. With this item, I don't know how many more soldiers in the army could survive."

Xie Shi continued: "Father thought so too, he wanted to buy a few more carts, but inadvertently learned that the Yong Prince's mansion was also collecting this item."

When Xie Shi said this,

Xu Zaijing recovered from his shock and said:

"The Nong people surrendered to our Great Zhou under the mediation of the Yong Prince, perhaps they have already informed the Yong Prince about this matter."

Looking at the serious expressions of his family in the room,

Xu Zaijing said: "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Jing'er, you also know that our family and the He family, the head of the Imperial Academy, are quite familiar."

"I just sent someone to the He family to ask, and the He family also has to go to the Heji Bureau below to ask if there are any new medicines added to the prescriptions."

Among the institutions under the Great Zhou Imperial Academy,

besides the Taiyi Bureau that trains doctors,

there is the Heji Bureau, which is responsible for innovating, improving, and compiling rare and effective prescriptions from various places, and the Huimin Bureau, which is responsible for selling medicines.

If what Xie Shi said is true,

the Yong Prince must know the miraculous effects of this item.

The Yong Prince's children have been in the capital for quite some time!

So if they are collecting it on such a large scale, is it to make money? Or for something else?

This is very intriguing.

Looking at the object in his hand, Xu Zaijing said:

"Mother, then let's send it to Father and Brother first!"

"There is a medical officer in Father's military prefecture named Yu Huguang who is familiar with me!"

"Medical Officer Yu is proficient in internal and external medical principles, so he will certainly have a way to calculate how to use it!"

Zaizhang said: "Mother, Little Five's words are reasonable, sending it early might have some use!"

After the two brothers finished speaking, everyone else in the room nodded in agreement.

"Then, should we show this item to His Majesty?"

After Sun Shi finished asking,

Xu Zaijing said: "Mother, leave this matter to me."

In the palace,

inside the hall,

the Emperor was already preparing to sleep.

The Grand Eunuch bowed and came near, saying:

"Your Majesty, the two officials, the Big and Little Zhao of the Imperial City Department, have come, saying they have an urgent matter to report."

"Let them in."

After listening to their report, the Emperor looked at the item they brought and asked:

"Does this item truly have this effect?"

"Xu family's young master said it has already been verified, and this humble official also slashed a prisoner in the death row cell, and it is currently being applied externally."

"But, according to secret reports, the Yong Prince's mansion is also collecting this item."

By the candlelight,

after the Emperor's movements stilled for two breaths, he let out a long breath and said:

"Investigate it thoroughly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old Zhao official to the side said:

"Your Majesty, this humble official thinks we should ask the shops of several noble families in the capital to buy this item at double the price in the Guangnan West Circuit for use next year."

The Emperor stroked the object in his hand and said: "Approved!"

If the Yong Prince is doing it to make money, then they will sell some amount, if they don't sell...

"Your Majesty, how should we handle the Xu family's items?"

"As for their family's items, decide for yourself!"

The two officials, Big and Little Zhao, left the palace hall.

Inside the hall, the Emperor still looked at the object in his hand and said softly:

"The northern war is about to begin, and to discover this item, it is truly an auspicious sign!"

"Haha! Hahaha!"

Listening to the Emperor's laughter inside,

the eunuchs standing outside the palace hall room

looked at each other.

It was already late.

Between the streets and alleys,

the night watchman announced the time,

"Clang, clang! The Xu hour has passed! Beware of fire!"

The sound reached the main gate of the Xu family on Quyuanjie.

In the place lit by the lantern,

Qingyun stood beside Zhao Meifeng's horse, nodding repeatedly as he listened to Zhao Meifeng's words.

Time passed.

The next morning,

Xu Zaijing did not exercise,

but watched a cart of what would later be called 'Golden Sore Medicine' drive toward the north.

As for how to use it as medicine, let the professional Medical Officer Yu study it.

Other families in the capital might have to wait until the Imperial City Department's officials had investigated the Yong Prince's mansion clearly before they knew about this item.

Another cart would be sent to the camp of the Marquis of Tuoxi in the northwest via the Sun family, his maternal grandfather's side.

The Cao family had deep roots in the northwest and also had capable medical officers and physicians.

During the day,

the Mistress of the Cao family, the Marquis of Tuoxi, sent invitations to several noble families in the capital, such as the Zhang, Qi, Gu, Xu, Liang, and Zheng families, inviting the mistresses to the Cao family to appreciate incense and listen to plays.

(End of chapter)