The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1608

[1608. Chapter 1529 His Highness is rich]

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but be moved when he heard the word “medicine”.

“What medicine?”

“This medicine is amazing to say the least.” Fang Jifan said in a serious tone: “My son asked him to use Shiquan Dabu Lu, which is specially designed to treat physical weakness like the empress. This medicine is a mixture of all the ingredients in the world. The most precious medicinal material is as valuable as gold, and it is not easy to brew.”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao came up and saw Fang Jifan taking out a porcelain bottle, and couldn’t help but said: “Old Fang, when are you going to do it? You’ve made a medicine, why didn’t you tell me? “

This medicine is actually not difficult, but it is extracted from the liver of certain fishes. Isn’t it called Zhu Houzhao an overkill?”

Fang Jifan said seriously: “Your Highness, be careful, this medicine is very precious.” But

Zhu Houzhao had already snatched away the porcelain bottle, looked left and right, opened the cork, smelled it, frowned slightly, it was fishy.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at the porcelain bottle and asked with emotion: “Is this medicine effective?”

Fang Jifan vowed: “The dosage must be controlled. Take some before and after meals every day. After a few days, it will be effective when kept.”

Fang Jifan probably said that Empress Zhang’s illness is clear.

It is supposed to be an absorption problem. The nutrients cannot be absorbed, and the body naturally lacks certain necessary elements, such as vitamins, so symptoms such as physical weakness and anemia appear.

This aspect can also be judged from beriberi.

Cereals contain a lot of vitamins, but on the one hand, Empress Zhang usually eats mostly shelled polished rice, and even the fruits and vegetables she eats are difficult to absorb, so beriberi naturally develops.

The disease was found, and it was nothing more than a lack of vitamins.

For beriberi, Queen Zhang can drink more brown rice porridge and water, so that she can absorb some of it.

As for vitamin deficiency, use cod liver oil directly.

Cod liver oil contains a large amount of vitamins. Although it cannot cure beriberi, it has great benefits for Queen Zhang.

Emperor Hongzhi had no doubts and ordered someone to serve Queen Zhang to take the medicine.

Empress Zhang ate some and looked at Fang Jifan: “Is this medicine really so miraculous?”

Fang Jifan smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Madam, this medicine is extremely precious. I spent a lot of effort to refine it. It will definitely have It works wonders.”

Queen Zhang showed a friendly smile and said, “I’m sorry you are so worried.”

Fang Jifan warned again, “My Lady, in addition to taking necessary medicines, please drink more yellow rice porridge…

” …” Queen Zhang was stunned, with confusion in her eyes.

Fang Jifan coughed and said: “Your Majesty’s usual diet is too delicate. Being meticulous is not a disadvantage, but…”

Zhang Heling on the side suddenly felt a sense of intimacy when he heard this. His eyes lit up and he blurted out: “Unhealthy ?”

Fang Jifan was stunned: “That’s the truth.”

“I know.” Zhang Heling immediately cheered up: “I know what to eat when eating porridge. You should drink yellow rice. Don’t eat too much meat. What about beef? , pork elbow, roasted chicken, etc., are like poison that penetrates the intestines, they are not good things, ah, they are harmful to people.”

When Zhang Yanling heard about beef, pork elbow, roasted chicken, saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he quickly raised his big knife. He wiped his sleeves, and then nodded like a chicken: “Brother is so awesome, he knows everything.”

Well, Fang Jifan was too lazy to communicate with them anymore.

He called Liang Ruying aside, explained the usage, and gave a general account of Queen Zhang’s diet.

To put it bluntly, this disease is a disease of wealth, and it is not difficult to cure.

After explaining something, Fang Jifan said goodbye to Zhu Houzhao and came out.

Zhu Houzhao was angry that Fang Jifan Pharmaceutical did not bring him with him, and he was a little reluctant to talk to Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: “Your Highness, you are going to get rich.”

Zhu Houzhao’s eyes suddenly opened, and Fang Jifan obviously successfully changed the subject. He looked at Fang Jifan suspiciously.

Fang Jifan then said: “Speaking of which, I really blame that dog-like thing Wang Jinyuan. My wife is weak. This is such a confidential matter. Somehow, he actually knew about it. This dog-like thing has no conscience at all, but he still goes around. Yelling, now the whole world knows that the empress is weak, do you think this piece of shit is still a human being? Does he still have a conscience?”

Zhu Houzhao stared at Fang Jifan and said with suspicion: “It couldn’t have been your order that Wang Jinyuan said it, right? “

Fang Jifan: “…”

Why does he feel that Zhu Houzhao understands him more and more.

Fang Jifan flashed a hint of embarrassment, coughed and said: “Let’s not talk about these things for now. The most important thing is that no one in the world knows that in our Hongzhi Dynasty, there is only one Empress Zhang who has been favored by the saint. She is the mother of all the people in the world. When everyone knows that the empress is seriously ill, no one cares.”

In Zhu Houzhao’s mind, he only remembered words such as Fang Jifan saying that he was going to get rich.

Nothing else matters at all.

Fang Jifan said again: “Your Highness, think about it, so many people are worried. When I know that the cod liver oil cures the disease, won’t the name of this cod liver oil be given out? Today’s time is different from the past. In the past, not so many people could afford such expensive medicinal materials, but things are different now. Now, in the capital alone, there are many people who are rich because of trade, not to mention Jiangnan, Baoding, and Tianjin. What? The price of this cod liver oil has been decided by the ministers. The more expensive it is, the better. They have money.”

Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes and said, “How much can you earn?”

“I can’t say for sure, this is a long-term business, but after all, this medicine does not involve the national economy and people’s livelihood, so… there is no need to put it under Xishan Pharmaceutical. Let’s invest some money ourselves, build a workshop, and the money we earn is our own “Yes.”

Zhu Houzhao took a breath, he understood.

Many businesses in the past were too involved, and Fang Jifan did not dare to mess around. He had to go through Xishan channels and bring in the palace’s shares. In this way, it seemed like a big deal on the surface, but in fact, because of the involvement, The scope is too big, and profit is the second priority. Just like penicillin, you can’t customize the price too high, but you have to do everything you can to reduce costs and supply it cheaply. After all, this is a life-saving drug. How powerful it is, you have to How much responsibility do you bear?

Even if there was a profit, most of it would be taken away by the palace… Fang Jifan was also profitable, but as for Zhu Houzhao… he was not the emperor after all, so he went away.

The properties of wealth medicines such as cod liver oil are completely different.

After Zhu Houzhao figured this out, he suddenly became more energetic and said excitedly: “Old Fang, we are brothers. I vote, I vote. I own half of the shares. How much money do I need to invest? Tell me how much money I need to invest.” Count, I’m going to borrow money. I heard that my two Taishans still have stocks in their hands, so I asked them to sell them.”

Fang Jifan felt warm in his heart when he saw Zhu Houzhao’s overjoyed expression. What is a friend? Friends are just seeing each other. In order to deal with happiness, you will also be happy.

Fang Jifan winked and said: “Don’t be impatient now, things are still brewing. We need to spread the news first, saying that we have tried all kinds of medicines, but there is still nothing we can do. I have prepared this story. Let’s go to the Royal Hospital for surgery.” , let’s just say that dozens of world-class imperial doctors in the imperial hospital have been treating the empress for several months, but her body has become weaker and weaker. His Majesty is furious and wants to chop off their heads…”

Zhu Houzhao said honestly: ” But they didn’t behead them.”

Fang Jifan then laughed and said, “Next, my minister Fang Jifan stepped forward and tried his best to dissuade His Majesty, and this saved their lives.”

Zhu Houzhao breathed out and suddenly thought of an important point .

“Why didn’t I stand up?”

Fang Jifan said with a straight face: “If His Highness had stood up, this story would be a bit false. His Highness is not such a person.”

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and glared at Fang Jifan: “You are not like this either. “Human.”

Fang Jifan comforted him: “I have a brain disease, I act erratically, and no one is surprised by anything I do.”

“Okay, in short, this matter is as mysterious as it is, let that bitch Wang Jinyuan do it. Go and spread the news. When the time comes, your Majesty will hear the news and want to investigate closely. He will blame it all on him.”

Zhu Houzhao chuckled: “He is rich, it is better to raid his home.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

This .

Thinking, it seems… accidentally led Zhu Houzhao astray.

Fang Jifan immediately showed a serious look and said sincerely: “Your Highness, you must not be so violent. Wang Jinyuan works very hard on weekdays. Although he has some shortcomings, his flaws are not concealed. I have always treated him as my own relative. “

Oh.” Zhu Houzhao said: “I am just joking. How to refine this cod liver oil? Are we going to build a workshop now?”

Fang Jifan nodded: “We have to hurry up, otherwise we will wait until everyone asks for medicine.” This opportunity to make money has been missed. Fang Chen has already prepared it here. The next step is to prepare the raw materials. There are ready-made workshops in Xishan. The craftsmen hired must be reliable. “

The two left the palace together, excited. discussing.

Zhu Houzhao is the most interested in this. His current expenses are too high and he has a lot of land. But he wants to build a house and sell it. Funds are extremely tight. He needs to demolish the east wall to repair the west wall at any time. Those Taishans are all wearing trousers now. They went out in patched clothes, for fear that Zhu Houzhao would know that they had money and cry for poverty when he saw people. These future father-in-law and uncles looked so miserable that Zhu Houzhao occasionally felt a little guilty.

It is good to have a stable financial source.

Therefore, he worked very hard on this, and soon personally selected a group of people as the backbone, and then… borrowed a sum of money, and the medicine workshop was established.

In the capital, various news began to spread, talking about having noses and eyes, how furious His Majesty was, and how he wanted to punish the nine clans of imperial doctors. It was very mysterious.

What everyone talks about the most is that the emperor chops off people’s heads. It would be even better if the emperor dragged all the people to the market entrance. Otherwise, it would be difficult to satisfy people’s curiosity.

(End of chapter)